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Supreme Court
In this issue
13-11-2015
45 STORIES
Economics
A Nobel surprise
Letters
Letters to the Editor
Essay
The Doval doctrine
The National Security Adviser’s policy prescription is marked by three themes: irrelevance of morality, extremism freed from calculation or calibratio
Jayati Ghosh
The Russian effect
Column
For a new cartography
Unmediated
Separation of powers and the fourth pillar
Cover Story
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
Lead Story
‘Who are the judges accountable to?’
Interview with Sitaram Yechury, general secretary, Communist Party of India (Marxist).
Lead Story
Eclipse and revival
Conservation
For a new climax
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
NALSA report
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
India
‘These are trivial issues’
Interview with Dr Mahesh Sharma, Minister of State (Independent charge) for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation.
Manorama
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
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
Speech
Four Point Formula
Opinion
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.
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
Politics
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
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
Afghanistan
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
Books
Bond with the hills
Ruskin Bond’s stories portray the struggles and simplicity of the people of the Garhwal Himalayas, his adopted home.
Nepal
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
Books
Voices from the margin
A bottom-up view of the development process using the concept of community participation.
Books
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
India
‘Tradition of harmony and dialogue under threat’
Interview with K. Satchidanandan, former Secretary of the Sahitya Akademi.
Lead Story
‘Mixed feelings about the judgment’
Interview with Kapil Sibal, lawyer and senior Congress leader.
Lead Story
‘The NJAC is a cure worse than the disease’
Interview with Prashant Bhushan, the advocate and activist.
Sri Lanka
Welfare benefits
Telangana
Award for reporter
Kerala
Munnar: Battle not over
New Delhi
Ex-servicemen’s wait continues
Refugees
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
Turkey
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
Sloth bear
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.
Social Issues
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
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
Sri Lanka
To address their concerns
Conservation
A sanctuary and many challenges
Lead Story
‘Usurpation of legislative power’
Interview with Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Congress leader.
Lead Story
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
Palani Hills
Plantation paradox
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.
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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