Implications of the U.K.'s exit from the E.U.

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22-07-201645 STORIES

Letters to the editor

Gas exploration

Huge helium reserves in Tanzania

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A ‘nano’ drum

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Taint and thwart

The Home Ministry order cancelling the FCRA registration of Teesta Setalvad’s trust will further hinder her work for Gujarat riot victims.

It is event management now

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Crime capital

A series of murders in Tamil Nadu in June, including that of a young woman on a railway platform in Chennai, shatters the State’s image as a “garden o

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Paris agreement and climate change

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Britain and E.U.

Found in translation

Expectation and the event

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We pay, you vote

Over the years, Tamil Nadu’s politicians have refined the method of bribing voters. A close scrutiny of the May 2016 Assembly election by Frontline fi

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A Harappan export processing zone

Excavations at the 4MSR site near Binjor in Rajasthan reveal an exclusive industrial production centre belonging to the Early Harappan and Mature Hara

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Money mindset

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Modi’s U.S. ally

The Modi government seems to be flattered because the U.S. has chosen India as its foot soldier in its confrontations with China and Russia.

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How to control freely available data

The draft Geospatial Information Regulation Bill defies logic at a time when digital technology is ubiquitous and geospatial information about any par

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Victim of tirade

Raghuram Rajan’s exit following a fusillade from Subramanian Swamy raises questions about the government’s approach to key issues.

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Troubled state

The collection of essays portrays Pakistan, a state which has been never short of challenges, from every conceivable angle.

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Two key tests after release of 20 satellites

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It’s just not fashion

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Disaster response

How to hide a drought

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Historic accord

Colombia’s long-running war ends after 52 years, and the country’s future now hinges on the government’s promises to enact land reforms and permit reb

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Cabinet reshuffle and dissent

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Diplomatic fiasco

Though India is trying to blame China for the failure of its bid to join the NSG, it is clear that the United States had led the Indian government up

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The secret accord

What are the terms of the deal that Prime Minister Narendra Modi concluded with President Barack Obama and what do they mean for the country? Modi sho

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Hegemony of finance

A stone at a hornets’ nest

The revolt of the British working class against the hegemony of finance will undermine the confidence of capitalists and also encourage other countrie

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Disruption on cards

Britain’s exit from the E.U. could disrupt world trade and jeopardise the process of pulling the global economy out of recession.

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Such a long journey

The anthology, remarkably inclusive and cohesive at once, is testimony to the abundant creativity found in regional languages such as Tamil.

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Interview: Paul Mason, member, Labour Party

‘It wasn’t us who destroyed the U.K.’

Interview with Paul Mason, Labour Party member, journalist and film-maker.

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Advantage China

Short-term pain

Notwithstanding the painful restructuring of ties with Europe, in the short run China is likely to benefit from the extra elbow room for strategic man

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Geospatial Bill

Mapping under scanner

The proposed Geospatial Information Regulation Bill, which seeks to make graphic depiction and sharing of geographic coordinates of India obtained thr

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Wake-up call?

While the overall negative impact of Brexit on India will be short-lived, Indian investments must deal professionally with Europe without always looki

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‘Defeated by money power’

Interview with Anbumani Ramadoss, PMK leader.

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Failed gamble

Brexit is a perfect case study of how referendums offer binary choices and reflect the people’s frustrations, without factoring in uncertainties and c

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‘Father of quizzing’ passes away

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Immigrant factor

The refugee influx, triggered by wars imposed by the West on Libya and Syria, is one of the reasons for Brexit and the call for national referendums o

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Interview: Thol. Thirumavalavan

‘Near-total bribery’

Interview with Thol. Thirumavalavan, VCK leader.

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Grim future

The decision to leave the E.U. holds few economic advantages for Britain and has only served to create political turmoil in the country.

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What next for E.U.?

It will be tragic indeed if the European Union collapses under the weight of its own contradictions only to yield to the petty and xenophobic forms of

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Europe’s troubles

A shrewd economist makes sharp observations on globalised capital gone mad, largely in Europe.

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Divided house

Judges in Telangana resort to the unprecedented act of public protest as they feel they have been short-changed by the process of allocation of judici

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Letter from America

End of exceptionalism

The U.S. does not have the economic or political power to thrust its agenda on a multipolar world and this is not because, as Donald Trump claims, of

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Iconic photo studio closes

Not only did Bourne & Shepherd capture and preserve history, the studio was a part of history itself.

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Brexit shock

The Leave verdict in the United Kingdom has spotlighted the despair and anger of its working class that have their origins in the multiple burdens suc

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Bumpy road ahead

The departure from one of the world’s biggest markets has immense ramifications for Britain’s economy and workforce.

RAJINDERPURI

Comic art for serious people

Rajinder Puri (1934-2015) was the mascot of the morally upright Indian cartoon. His incisive mind lent a sense of truth to every contemporary politica

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