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25-05-201840 STORIES

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Interview: Justice R.M. Lodha

'Heavy burden is on the CJI'

Interview with Justice R.M. Lodha, former Chief Justice of India.

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Running dry

The sudden ATM cash crunch in several States points to the government's ham-handed approach to currency management and evokes suspicions of plans to w

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A pill to detect breast cancer

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Pain

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Questions over a sale

The planned privatisation of the Dredging Corporation of India, a strategic asset, apparently ignores the security risks involved.

FL25FINGERBONE

Finger fossil find in Saudi Arabia pushes back migration date

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A lovable rebel

Ashok Mitra (1928-2018), renowned writer, critic and political thinker, strode the worlds of economics and literature like a colossus and was in many

FL25YECHURY

'A maturation of inner-party democracy'

Interview with Sitaram Yechury, general secretary, Communist Party of India (Marxist).

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Livelihood issues

Women divers of Rameswaram

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Korean detente

With the historic meeting between the leaders of North Korea and South Korea on April 27, the two countries have come closer than ever before to signi

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Impeachment motion

Erroneous decision

Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu’s rejection of the motion to remove Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra from office suffers from certain flaws.

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Credibility crisis

The credibility of the Supreme Court as an independent institution suffers erosion, with the office of the Chief Justice of India coming under a cloud

FL25VPRASHANT

Anatomy of a turf war

As the Supreme Court collegium reconsiders its recommendation, returned by the government, to elevate Justice K.M. Joseph, issues of independence of t

FL25YEDDY

Assembly Elections: Karnataka

Divide and win

The Siddaramaiah government’s welfare schemes will stand the Congress in good stead in northern Karnataka and to some extent in the coastal districts

FL25KATHUA

Flawed justice

The Criminal Law Amendment Ordinance, 2018, providing for the death penalty for rape of girls below 12, will have little meaning if the process of inv

FL25GOWDA

Interview: H.D. Deve Gowda

‘Will fight on our own’

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Executive vs judiciary

Ominous signs

Recent developments concerning the judiciary, marked by controversial confrontations with the executive, are reminiscent of events that resulted in th

FL25VIKASSINGH

Interview: Vikas Singh, SCBA

‘Nobody is interested in selecting the best candidate’

Interview with Vikas Singh, president of the SCBA.

‘Winnability is everything’

Interview with B.S. Yeddyurappa, the BJP’s chief ministerial candidate.

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Assembly Elections: Karnataka

Pulling out all the stops

Caste, money and muscle power. These factors play a major role in the choice of candidates by the three main political parties in arguably the most ti

FL25COVERTHIPSAY

Interview: Justice Abhay Thipsay

On the irregularities in the Sohrabuddin case

Interview with Justice (retd) Abhay Thipsay.

Diversity in U.K. & U.S. Supreme Courts

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Interview: Raja, CPI

‘If Parliament’s powers are curtailed, it will create conditions for a fascist regime’

Interview with D. Raja, national secretary of the CPI.

Raising the bar

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Interview: Siddaramaiah

‘I am fighting communal forces’

Interview with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.

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Clear agenda

The five-day-long party congress of the CPI(M) in Hyderabad witnesses an intense debate on the draft political resolution even as it reaffirms the par

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Standing by Lula

The Landless Workers’ Movement, which puts ending hunger as its first priority, is in the front line of the struggle to enable jailed former President

FL25MODI-XI

A fresh start?

Against a backdrop of accumulated grievances, highlighted by the Doklam standoff, the informal summit at Wuhan comes as an unprecedented trust-rebuild

FL25 cuba

Generational shift

Miguel Diaz-Canel, the first Cuban President to be born after the Cuban revolution, takes over the reins of power from Raul Castro, marking the end of

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Real war in virtual space

The objective of cyber capitalism is to colonise cyberspace and generate and use big data for further enslavement of people. The battle between freedo

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Revisiting Vaishnavism

A meticulous study of the evolution of religion, caste and gender.

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'Audacious movements have to start'

Interview with Samir Amin.

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Butterfly wings to the aid of glaucoma patients

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The new China

The book deals with the role of the Communist Party of China and the manner in which it exercises control over all aspects of the Chinese polity, econ

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RAJINDER SACHAR

Tireless crusader

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Economist with a difference

The broad perspective within which Ashok Mitra saw questions of pricing, terms of trade and income distribution will always remain both powerful and r

FL25BOLTON

Of Ajit Bolton & John Doval

Foreign policymaking is a sphere where dissenting voices are indispensable. Certitude, a vice of the ideologue, leads to disaster. But in the U.S. and

FL25BUSSHELTER

Everybody’s soapbox

On the potential and perils of social media.

FL25CPCOPEC

Economic Perspectives

Return of the oil threat

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Letters to the Editor

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