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30-03-201842 STORIES

FL30POLLUTION

Climate pact or better health?

FL30TWITTER

Social media technology

False news spreads faster than flu

FL30HIGHFIBREDIET

Health & fitness

Feeding microbes for health

FL30MANISHTIWARI

Interview: Manish Tiwari, Congress

'Congress must do serious introspection'

Interview with Manish Tiwari, senior Congress leader.

fl30 jio cpc

India's telecom wars

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INTERVIEW: Akeel Bilgrami

Gandhi, Marx, and the ideal of an 'unalienated life'

Interview with Akeel Bilgrami.

FL30SRIDEVI

Sridevi: Iconic actor

Sridevi (1963-2018) came to Bollywood as a dream girl of sorts after playing nuanced roles under the great masters of south Indian cinema, but her roa

FL30NETANYAHU

The noose tightens

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may be putting a brave face on his troubles, but the corruption charges against him threaten to cut short hi

FL30kamal

Return to star wars

With Kamal Hassan setting up a political party and Rajnikanth in the process of doing so, politics in Tamil Nadu is entering an interesting phase in w

FL30ANDHRA

A warning shot from Andhra

Chandrababu Naidu’s attempt at brinkmanship by withdrawing his Ministers from the Union Cabinet is a signal to the BJP not to take regional parties li

FL30UNIVERSITIESREPORT1

Inclusive universities

A research project on higher education aims to push across the point that universities need to fulfil their objective of providing equal learning oppo

fl30 bk KSS

Problems with policing

The book examines the tensions between the States and the Centre on the role of the police and how they have contributed to the crisis of internal sec

fl30 meat

Diet preferences

Health patterns

The fourth National Family Health Survey unveils interesting data on the dietary preferences and nutritional status of a significant percentage of the

fl30 Chank 1

Livelihood Issues

A journey with the sacred chank

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Interview: Arun Bhowmik, BJP

'This is an ideological victory'

Interview with Arun Bhowmik, chief spokesperson of the BJP in Tripura.

FL30SPRING

Springing a surprise

fl30 bk Lit Bama 1

Just one word

FL30MURALIDHARRAO

Interview: P. Muralidhar Rao, BJP

'We spotted the discontent'

Interview with P. Muralidhar Rao, BJP national general secretary.

FL30YECHURY

Interview: Sitaram Yechury, CPI(M)

'Opposition to the BJP has to be based on alternative policies'

Interview with Sitaram Yechury, general secretary, CPI(M).

FL30IPFT

Tribal vote swing

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Microfinance in focus

The book provides a sharp and convincing analysis of Indian microfinance self-help groups.

FL30BIPLABANDMANIK

Tripura Assembly elections

Fall of a citadel

Facing the BJP and the RSS for the first time in Tripura’s history, the CPI(M) fails to gauge their tactics and loses its support base, particularly a

FL30NCCP -flame

From Siberia to Kudankulam

The nuclear fuel for the reactors at Kudankulam comes from the NCCP at Novosibirsk in Siberia after a complex process.

FL30TRIPURA

CPI(M) rule in Tripura

Against all odds

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Love in the time of riots

The 1984 anti-Sikh riots and the sufferings they caused come alive in this novel.

fl30 Russia building

World’s first nuclear reactor

FL30BIPLAB

Political churning

The Bharatiya Janata Party makes significant gains in the Assembly elections in the north-eastern States, but the battles ahead will be tougher for it

fl30 Tripura lenin

Post-poll violence

Violence after victory

FL30MEGHALAYA

Meghayala Assembly elections

Self-inflicted defeat

The Congress’ failure to work out an electoral strategy in response to the issues of the coal mining ban and the implementation of the Sixth Schedule

FL30ZAFARIQBAL

Assault on reason

The attack in Sylhet on Muhammad Zafar Iqbal, revered for his role in popularising science education, is of a piece with the violent targeting of prog

FL30NAGALAND

Nagaland Assembly elections

Unequal balance

The BJP manages to secure a presence in the ruling dispensation in Nagaland, but with six Ministers from the BJP and only three from the major coaliti

FL30KANAKMANIDIXIT

'India is too important for Nepal'

Interview with Kanak Mani Dixit, Nepali publisher, writer and editor.

FL30KEJRIWALSISODIA

Governance crisis

Lack of consensus between the bureaucracy and the political executive and the unresolved legal dispute over their administrative jurisdictions are the

FL30SYRIA-CONFLICT

Hell on earth

The tragic unravelling of Syria continues as the war there enters its eighth year. The country is impoverished, its economy is in disarray and its pub

fl30 kashmir gun

Jammu & Kashmir

Uneasy spring

The speed at which the ranks of militants are swelling, drawing youngsters from the local population, worries the security establishment in Kashmir.

FL30DISABLEDABIDI

Friend of the disabled

Javed Abidi (1965-2018) worked relentlessly all his life to improve the lives of the disabled and help them live with dignity.

FL30TISSPROTESTMUMBAI

Unjust cut

The strike on TISS campuses exposes the Central government’s policies that are eroding social justice.

FL30NPPASINGH

Out of control

The exit of the NPPA Chairman, who made sincere efforts to check overcharging by private hospitals, does not inspire confidence that the government is

FL30TRUDEAU1

Cold reception

The manner in which the Indian government handled Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s recent visit and flagged the contentious "Khalistan is

FL30WATERGATEREPORTERS

Journalistic immunity

When the interests of justice, national security and prevention of crime are not involved, the journalist’s rights to gather information and put it in

FL30JAYENDRASARASWATI

Jayendra Saraswati

Controversial legacy

Jayendra Saraswathi’s (1935-2018) life as a religious leader was marked by attempts at reform and involvement in social work before his image was tarn

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