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17-04-201544 STORIES

Letters to the Editor

From the field: Karnataka

MSP and ownership rights

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Burden of a ban

The BJP government in Haryana makes the slaughter of cows and the sale of beef punishable offences, ignoring the economic impact of the move on the fa

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A dubious alliance

TERI’s partnership with Coca-Cola, whose business practices in India and abroad have been called into question more than once, raises questions of eth

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From the field: Tamil Nadu

Challenges galore

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An institute for archaeology

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From the field: Western Uttar Pradesh

In debt trap

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From the field: Andhra Pradesh

Defacing a rural economy

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From the field: Vidarbha

Cotton farmers in distress

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From the field: Bundelkhand

At nature’s mercy

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Harappan surprise

The discovery and excavation of a new site, 4MSR, near Binjor, Rajasthan, may yield vital clues about the evolution and continuity of the mature and l

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Bengal’s shame

The rape of a septuagenarian nun in West Bengal shocks the entire country and once again exposes the State government’s inability to deal with the dec

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Interview: Carl Haber

Seeing voices

Interview with Carl Haber, a senior scientist in the Physics Division of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory at the University of California.

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Callous complicity

The acquittal of all the 19 accused police personnel in the Hashimpura massacre verdict points to the institutionalisation of violence against minorit

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Civil service woes

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An early metropolis

Kalibangan, an important Harappan site belonging to the early and mature periods, was excavated between 1961 and 1969.

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Agriculture in crisis

The Narendra Modi government is pushing ahead with policies that disadvantage farmers at a time when Indian agriculture is already in deep crisis.

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How chameleons change colour

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Interview: Jairam Ramesh

‘Go back to the 2013 law’

Interview with Congress leader Jairam Ramesh.

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Disappointing a director

The Centre’s rejection of the appointment of a new Director for the TIFR points to politico-bureaucratic meddling in the functioning of institutions,

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Flawed reading

The Supreme Court misinterprets “historic injustice” while denying the benefits of reservation to some communities.

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Bombay raga

The book traces the history of Hindustani music and its evolution in the port city of Bombay when it was under British rule.

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IAS officer's death

Tied up in knots

The Karnataka government puts itself in an embarrassing situation by mishandling the investigation into the death of an IAS officer in Bangalore.

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Political U-turns

Particle physics

Delay in LHC restart

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A case for Mr Biswas

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In defence of free speech

The Supreme Court upholds freedom of online speech by striking down Section 66A of Information Technology Act.

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Generating stars

From the field: Marathwada

Big risks, big gains

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From the field: Punjab

From prosperity to penury

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In true colours

The BJP-led NDA government has, in the two Budgets it has presented so far, revealed itself to be very different from the pro-farmer image that its le

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Small and ignored

The myopic proposal to create a dedicated bank for MFIs does not address the systemic problems in the banking sector that work against the interests o

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Unseen workers

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Political impact

Building resistance

There is concern even in the Sangh Parivar over the government’s position on the agrarian crisis, but it is not clear whether this will produce any re

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Land acquisition ordinance

The Ides of March

The BJP government is taken aback by the groundswell of opposition to the land ordinance.

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Church under attack

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A vote for apartheid

The Benjamin Netanyahu-led right-wing coalition, hostile to the aspirations of Palestinians, wins again in the Israeli general election whose only pos

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Party of paranoia

The Republicans try to undermine the Obama regime’s nuclear negotiations with Iran by resorting to nefarious manipulation of foreign affairs intended

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Failing the farmer

Outcomes of the patterns of growth induced by neoliberal economic reforms have increased the disproportionality between agricultural and non-agricultu

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From crisis to ISIS

The veteran journalist Patrick Cockburn’s latest book traces the history of the Islamic State and identifies the reasons for the rise of this Sunni te

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Back to the old game

The U.S. move to impose sanctions against Venezuelan government officials comes amid the country’s attempts to ensure that basic essentials are avai

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Abanindranath Tagore

Evolution of a master

Kolkata hosts a major exhibition of the paintings of Abanindranath Tagore, a pioneer of modern Indian painting who led the revivalist movement that ca

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AFSPA: Licence to kill

Politicians, by focussing the discussion on militancy, have successfully deflected attention from the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, a colonial reli

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Death on roads

Deaths on roads continue to account for the majority of fatalities caused by accidents, natural or manmade.

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