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NEW DELHI, 21/12/2017: A. Raja greeting DMK supporters after she was acquitted in the 2G spectrum case at Patiala House Courts , in New Delhi on Thursday. Photo: V. Sudershan

Making sense of a judgment

The 2G case has fizzled out, with the trial court refusing to accept evidence of a conspiracy. Now it is up to the Modi government to take it forward

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This undated US government photo shows an aerial view of the National Security Agency (NSA) in Fort Meade, Md. The Obama administration on Thursday defended the National Security Agency's need to collect telephone records of U.S. citizens, calling such information 'a critical tool in protecting the nation from terrorist threats.' (AP Photo/US Government)

How NSA hacks the whole world

The NSA is building a $2-billion facility in Utah, which will have the capacity to store and process data equivalent to one million DVDs for every man

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At a bulb factory in Kolkata. Giving up the manufacturing route for a service-driven one is choosing a far less equitable path of development.-JAYANTA SHAW/REUTERS

Double burden

CLIMATE change negotiations have reached an impasse on two crucial questions. One is how the remaining carbon space will be shared among countries and

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Skimming the cream

The ongoing developments in the telecommunications sector in India are not oriented to the growth of rural telephony and teledensity, which were the o

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A disastrous deal

On all that was wrong with the Dabhol deal from the beginning - and the way out now.

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