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20-07-201836 STORIES

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A man of peace

Shujaat Bukhari, a great unifier who enjoyed the confidence of all stakeholders, was clear that there should be normalcy in Jammu and Kashmir and the

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Magnificent mausoleum

A milestone in Indo-Islamic architecture, Humayun’s Tomb introduced several architectural innovations in the tradition of tomb and garden landscape i

SHASHANK SHEKHAR SINHA

FL20DATACARDRICE

Grain production

Grain boom

India’s rice and corn production figures are set to hit record highs in the current year, while wheat production is likely to slide.

FL20LOC

Under U.N. scrutiny

The first-ever United Nations report on Kashmir calls for an international inquiry into multiple violations on both sides of the Line of Control, and

FL20CPCOBRADOR

C.P. Chandrasekhar

Nervous neoliberals

Across the world, big business attributes the loss of legitimacy of neoliberalism to corruption, impunity and the inability to combat crime rather th

FL20PRESSCONFERENCE

Deepening tragedy

The BJP pulls out of the ruling alliance and brings down the government in Jammu and Kashmir in a move made with the Lok Sabha elections in mind even

FL20HUDAYDAH

The last straw

The humanitarian crisis in Yemen, caused by the war started by Saudi Arabia and the UAE in 2015, has been aggravated by the latest military assault on

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Erdogan again

Recep Tayyip Erdogan wins a tough election to become the President of Turkey again, this time with executive powers, though for the first time in almo

FL20ZEID

‘A human rights crisis’

Interview with Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

FL20TARIGAMI

For a humane, reconciliatory approach

Interview with Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami, State secretary of the CPI(M) and MLA from Kulgam.

FL20RAJNATHSINGHINT

‘It was becoming an exercise in futility’

Interview with Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh.

FL20BUILDING

Lessons for cooperatives

A detailed account of a pioneering workers’ cooperative society in Kerala that has made a deep impact on the construction sector. By C.T. KURIEN

FL20PRANAB

Pranab’s mission with a purpose

The former President of India consciously gave the RSS the respectability it has long coveted. The RSS, in return, removed his deceptive cloak and gav

FL20 bk VEGETARIANS

Sheer Khorma

“Sheer Khorma” is from an anthology of Telugu stories by Skybaaba edited by A. Suneetha and Uma Maheswari Bhrugubanda and translated by the latter. Th

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Russia’s ageing Proton ‘retired’

FL20 SNB oumua

An ‘interstellar object’ comes calling

FL20UN-USPOVERTY

American inequality

The Donald Trump administration’s response to a factual report on extreme inequality and poverty in the U.S. was to attack it and to withdraw from the

FL20 SNB radio

Carbon dating does not give right age

FL20POLLOCK

Relevance of rasa

A creative exploration of the wellsprings and implications of aesthetics.

FL20KERALADEBRIS

Wetland Conservation Act

Change for the worse?

Environmentalists in Kerala are up in arms against amendments to an Act that envisaged protection of paddy land and wetlands, but the LDF government

Enforcing silence

Shujaat Bukhari’s murder was clearly intended to silence the moderate voices in Kashmir.

FL20PLASTIC

A plastic ban

The Maharashtra government’s ban on plastic may be well-intentioned but has been launched without adequate protocols, proper education of the public

FL20OPPOSITION

Citizenship Amendment Bill

Divisive legislation

As Assam erupts in protests over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016, the ruling BJP and the Sonowal government are seen to be using the smokescree

FL20FIFAMODRIC

Hope springs eternal

In the group stage, some of the less-fancied teams make their mark with hard-fought victories or narrow defeats against some of the superpowers of th

FL20SUGARANUPAMAPIC

Bitter glut

The Rs.7,000-crore bailout package for the sugar sector comes as a relief to farmers, who are in genuine distress, but experts say such measures will

FL20TAJ

Targeting symbols

The Taj Mahal faces a serious threat as the saffron brigade, in order to deflect attention from the failures of the BJP government, is out to annex or

FL20 nepal

Interview: Nepal's Foreign Minister

Resetting relations

Interview with Pradeep Kumar Gyawali, Nepal’s Foreign Minister.

FL20CRIME

Striking fear

Cow vigilantes lynch one man and severely injure another in Hapur in Uttar Pradesh two days before Eid, giving rise to the suspicion that there is a

FL20DEFENCE

Policy flip-flop

The shift in the Narendra Modi government’s defence procurement policy pertaining to core and non-core sectors and the abrupt cancellation and subsequ

FL20LOC

What ails Kashmir?

Kashmir’s leaders must abandon their all-or-nothing approach and launch a “peace offensive” to resurrect the Four-Point Formula of 2006 that would mak

Dalit women’s collective

Scaling up the fight

A report presented at the U.N. Human Rights Council signals Dalit women’s resolve to end the silence surrounding caste-based violence and discriminat

FL20SEEMA

Remembering Shujaat

His incisive and nuanced reports enlightened people outside Kashmir on the multiple layers to the Kashmir issue.

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Tribal relocaton in KTR

Waiting for a new home

In a rare situation, bureaucratic delays are hampering the relocation of willing communities from five tribal villages in the Kawal Tiger Reserve in

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Towering politician

The book portrays the many facets of the Odisha stalwart Biju Patnaik and his contribution to Indian politics.

FL20BJP

Devious pattern

The game plan

The Sangh Parivar’s devious pattern of political moves ahead of elections, marked by divisive propaganda aimed at communal polarisation, comes to the

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