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04-03-201640 STORIES

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Assembly Elections: Kerala

Old rivals and a new front

In Kerala, the UDF, overcoming the infighting in the Congress, and the LDF are ready with their lists of candidates to resume their age-old electoral

Letters to the Editor

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Nordic thrills

Layers of history and culture and a tradition of social criticism add depth and literary heft to Nordic noir, a genre that is a happy hunting ground f

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Higher Education

Campus rising

Rohith Vemula’s suicide has led to an unprecedented political mobilisation of students. The ASA and other student organisations at the University of H

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Musical expressions

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Economic perspectives

The IMF in Pakistan

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Arunachal Pradesh

A coup and its echo

The Governor’s role in dismissing the elected government and the imposition of President’s Rule in Arunachal Pradesh raise pertinent questions about C

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Gifts from the Chalukyas

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Renewed hope

The Supreme Court’s decision to refer the curative petitions against its 2013 verdict re-criminalising consensual sex between two adults in private to

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Whistle-blower’s victory

A U.N. panel’s ruling that Julian Assange’s confinement in the Ecuadorean embassy in London constitutes “arbitrary detention” deals a reputational bl

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New bird species

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From the States

Despair & death

Small slips and big earthquakes

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Understanding insurgents

The book portrays the intricate mechanics of insurgency, where the participants’ interests and stakes are varied.

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AMU under assault

The Modi government’s reversal of the Union government’s stand on the Aligarh Muslim University not only perpetuates a grievous wrong but betrays a po

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Anti-terror Bill fails again

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Insurance sop

The new crop insurance scheme introduced by the NDA government in an election year does not provide for a comprehensive coverage of all crops, against

Largest known prime number

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Death sentence in gang-rape case

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Award for Frontline journalist

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Interview: R.V. Deshpande

‘Focus is on realistic targets’

Interview with R.V. Deshpande, Karnataka Minister for Large and Medium Industries.

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Interview: Yogendra Yadav

Distress and denial

Interview with Yogendra Yadav, leader of Swaraj Abhiyan.

Judicial intervention

Supreme Court steps in, again

The Supreme Court goads Central and State governments to respond to drought seriously.

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‘We need to be prepared to adjust to drier conditions’

Interview with Roxy Mathew Koll, scientist at the Centre for Climate Change Research.

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Plachimada betrayed

The Centre and the State government of Kerala seem to be turning their backs on the people of Plachimada as the President denies assent to a Bill that

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Interview: Radha Mohan Singh

‘Nothing to fear’

Interview with Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Radha Mohan Singh.

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Sticking to his guns

Barack Obama exerts his executive authority to address the growing gun violence in the United States as Congress fails to pass stringent laws to contr

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A lifetime of service

The book is a worthy tribute to a legendary IAS officer who devoted his life to the uplift of the poor and the marginalised in society.

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Rural tragedy

Successive years of drought and crop failure across India’s landmass push rural society into distress and disharmony and government measures fall far

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Yes, Prime Minister

Prime Minister Najib Razak’s hand-picked attorney general gives him a clean chit in the biggest corruption scandal to hit the country since independen

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The Zoukak mystique

A Lebanese theatre group engaging with the sociopolitical crises of its native land, which resonates with people’s movements everywhere, was the high

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Highly inflammable

Farmers in seven Tamil Nadu districts are up in arms against a natural gas pipeline that will run through agricultural land.

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Letter from America

‘Feel the Bern’

Bernie Sanders has brought the idea of “socialism” back on to the table in American homes. His campaign has rejuvenated a politics that had fallen int

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Dealing with distress

Political farce

The political posturing by parties only serves to hide their failure to come up with a tangible plan to address rural distress.

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Risky route

The cost of land acquisition, loan repayment and subsidies could render the proposed bullet train project with Japanese cooperation a white elephant.

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The most powerful supernova?

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Jammu & Kashmir

Hobson’s choice

Jammu and Kashmir waits for a functioning government as PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti continues to be in a dilemma over her party’s alliance with the BJP.

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Invest Karnataka

Another jamboree

The recently concluded investor meet in Bangalore raises serious doubts about the efficacy of hosting such mega events to promote industrialisation.

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Rural distress

Successive droughts have imperilled the livelihoods of crores of farmers and agricultural workers in India.

Re-presenting intolerance

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