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11-12-201535 STORIES

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Clean India Campaign

Tardy progress

One year after the launch of the Swachh Bharat Mission, it is clear that the mission is still a long way from meeting its targets and that its approac

Letters to the Editor

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Uniform Civil Code

Zeal and poor scholarship

The cure to the malaise is not the imposition of a hated uniform civil code but a strong agitation for respect for the sharia and rejection of the Ang

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C.P. Chandrasekhar

Terror trumps economy

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Shameless ‘punditry’

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Birds of Kerala

In quest of the frogmouth

Sighting the Ceylon frogmouth at close quarters is perhaps a great achievement in bird monitoring and habitat restoration.

FL11MIDEASTSYRIAMILITANTSRISEANALYSIS

Agents of death

Highly motivated squads of suicide bombers are in the forefront of both conventional warfare and urban terror attacks by the Islamic State, like the o

FL11TIPUSHEIKALI

Interview: Prof. B. Sheik Ali

On the life and times of Tipu Sultan

Interview with Prof. B. Sheik Ali.

FL11MYANMAR-ELECTION

Halfway to democracy

The Aung San Suu Kyi-led National League for Democracy scores a thumping victory in Myanmar, marking a partial comeback of civilian rule in the countr

Focus on official apathy

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On the neutrino trail

This year’s Nobel Prize for Physics underscores the need to study the nature of neutrino, but imagined fears and unfounded allegations are thwarting I

FL11NIMHANSBLDG

Mending minds

The Bengaluru-based NIMHANS has built an archive of registers and case records that tracks the development of psychiatric care from the British period

FL11EID

Uniform Civil Code

Zeal and poor scholarship

The cure to the malaise is not the imposition of a hated uniform civil code but a strong agitation for respect for the sharia and rejection of the Ang

FL11SHAHBANO

Shah Bano & Ayodhya

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Forced out

Kerala Finance Minister K.M. Mani resigns under pressure following allegations of corruption in the bar bribery case and now the spotlight is on some

A text for Paris

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Demand for a new hill district

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Terror in Paris

Retaliatory action against the Islamic State is high on the agenda of an angry Europe and the international community in the wake of the Paris terror

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Speed leads the way

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Rain & ruin

The monsoon havoc in Tamil Nadu points to serious lapses on the part of the government in urban planning and the maintenance of waterbodies.

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BJP: All is not well

The Bharatiya Janata Party is in a state of flux with party veterans poised to become the rallying point for forces opposed to the authority of Naren

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3-D tongue images to improve speech

FL11ASPIRINTABLETS

Aspirin against cancer?

FL11CLEANINGDRAIN

Clean India Campaign

Down the drain

Safai karamcharis in Delhi work without proper compensation, medical allowances, risk allowances or timely salaries. The government’s bid to privatise

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Magical fingers

At 80, mridangam vidwan Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman is as committed to his art as ever. The veteran of more than six decades on the concert stage has rew

FL11CLIMATEMEET

A text for Paris

The Bonn draft that will be the basis for the negotiations in COP-21 in Paris is to the general satisfaction of developing countries as well, though c

FL11TIPPUSULTAN

Contested legacy

The controversy in Karnataka surrounding “Tipu Jayanthi” becomes meaningless in the light of the fact that the legacy of Tipu Sultan cannot be underst

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Russian airplane

Terror in the sky

The I.S. claims responsiblity for the crash of a Russian airplane with 224 people on board after it took off from Sharm el-Sheikh. Western and Russian

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Mali massacre

Jehadi groups like Al Mourabitoun, which struck in Mali killing close to 30 people, have had a free run in the region after the military campaign tha

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At the edge of peace

Anticipation sweeps Colombia over peace talks with the FARC-EP rebels. This time the hope is that the terrifying example of the 1980s will not be repe

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Politics at play

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Too young to wed

The scourge of child marriage continues to be widespread in India despite the laws prohibiting the practice.

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What India plans to do

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OROP stalemate

With ex-servicemen unhappy with the government’s notification on One Rank One Pension, it does not look like the issue is going to get resolved any t

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India in the new world order

A comprehensively structured book that is a substantial contribution to the debate on India’s foreign policy approach and engagements in the new era.

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