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13-11-201544 STORIES

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A Nobel surprise

Letters to the Editor

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The Doval doctrine

The National Security Adviser’s policy prescription is marked by three themes: irrelevance of morality, extremism freed from calculation or calibratio

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The Russian effect

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Judicial assertion

The Supreme Court strikes down an amendment made by Parliament seeking to dilute judicial primacy in the appointment of judges to the higher judiciary

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A sanctuary and many challenges

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‘Usurpation of legislative power’

Interview with Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Congress leader.

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Plantation paradox

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Parties & petitions

Uncertainty marks the hearing in the Fourth Judges case as the petitioners may once again appear in the court when it reconvenes on November 3 to hear

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‘Who are the judges accountable to?’

Interview with Sitaram Yechury, general secretary, Communist Party of India (Marxist).

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Eclipse and revival

‘Tradition of harmony and dialogue under threat’

Interview with K. Satchidanandan, former Secretary of the Sahitya Akademi.

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‘Mixed feelings about the judgment’

Interview with Kapil Sibal, lawyer and senior Congress leader.

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‘The NJAC is a cure worse than the disease’

Interview with Prashant Bhushan, the advocate and activist.

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For a new climax

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Bihar: Women power

Women as agents of change

Women’s empowerment in Bihar gets a fillip thanks to the Nitish Kumar government’s Pahel project, which educates elected women representatives of panc

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A call for dignity

The National Legal Services Authority recommends various steps to curb human trafficking for sexual exploitation and to rehabilitate victims of the c

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‘These are trivial issues’

Interview with Dr Mahesh Sharma, Minister of State (Independent charge) for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation.

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Eternal ‘Aachi’

Manorama (1937-2015) belonged to an era of film actors whose excellence was measured by their versatility and commitment to acting. She had both in am

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Scientific Forum

Atoms in industry

The Scientific Forum held at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna on September 15 and 16 showcased the many uses of nuclear technology in industry, agricul

Four Point Formula

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A new model of development

Bihar’s growth is demonstratively more inclusive, with the State recording substantial gains in education, health and other social indicators.

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Writers' protest

Fighting intolerance

The attacks on writers, activists and members of the minority community by vigilante squads, which betray the rising intolerance of plurality in the p

Welfare benefits

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Insecure Sena

Aggression, hate-mongering, preying on irrational fears, street fighting—the Shiv Sena is at its own brand of politics again in a bid to be one up on

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Assembly elections

Twists and turns

After two phases of the five-phased elections in Bihar, the main rivals, the National Democratic Alliance and the Grand Alliance, tread carefully, wit

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Award for reporter

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Munnar: Battle not over

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Ex-servicemen’s wait continues

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Taliban shock

The Taliban takeover of Kunduz, though brief, points to the fact that the Afghan forces, whom the West has trained, are incapable of confronting thei

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Now here and nowhere

The condition of the Sri Lankan Tamil refugees living in camps in Tamil Nadu, the question of their nationality, and their repatriation to their homel

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The Ankara massacre

The terror attack in the capital city on October 10, the worst in Turkey in almost a century, is seen as blowback from the country’s dubious involveme

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In the land of bears

The Daroji sloth bear sanctuary near Hampi in Karnataka is an ideal example of what can be done in conservation in a developing country.

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Unequal justice

Members of a Dalit family in Dankaur in Uttar Pradesh are jailed for stripping themselves in public to draw attention to the fact that their land was

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U.S.-Afghanistan

Mission impossible

Barack Obama goes back on his campaign pledge to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan. Without a decisive defeat of the Taliban, the U.S. has los

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Bond with the hills

Ruskin Bond’s stories portray the struggles and simplicity of the people of the Garhwal Himalayas, his adopted home.

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To address their concerns

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Strained ties

Nepal’s new Prime Minister declares that normalising relations with India is top priority, even as the landlocked nation reels under a supplies shorta

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Voices from the margin

A bottom-up view of the development process using the concept of community participation.

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Documenting reality

The book is perhaps the most comprehensive commentary yet on India’s independent documentary films and is a vital and timely document that brings to t

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For a new cartography

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Separation of powers and the fourth pillar

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Constitutional dialogue

Disturbing signals

If constitutional dialogue is taken as tyranny, Emergency days in new fatigues may not be far behind. There are enough signs to caution the country.

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Crimes against women

Rising crimes against women

Crimes against women have been steadily rising over the past decade and a half, reflecting the need for greater gender sensitisation.

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