Standing up to the U.S.

THE Clinton administration has sharply criticised the supplementary agreement between Russia and India for the construction of two light-water 1000-MW

A hawkish line on China

Is Defence Minister George Fernandes' aggressive posturing on China part of his own anti-China agenda, or has the BJP-led Government used him as a sig

PRAVEEN SWAMI in New Delhi

Tackling terror

Special Operations Group (SOG) pickets in the border districts and combat groups of the Jammu and Kashmir Police are now at the cutting edge of counte

PRAVEEN SWAMI in Jammu

PLA chief in India

Although General Fu Quanyou's visit took place in a less-than-congenial context, the thaw in India-China relations that began in 1993 remains unaffect

PRAVEEN SWAMI in New Delhi

A water crisis ahead

India is on the threshold of a water crisis, warns a report prepared by the United Nations Children's Fund and the World Wide Fund for Nature.

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Requiem for a scandal

The Supreme Court lays to rest the 73-month-old ISRO spy drama and vindicates the six accused and other suspects.

R. KRISHNAKUMAR in Thiruvananthapuram

Power to the regulator

The Central ordinance seeking to appoint regulatory bodies in the power sector at the Centre and in the States has far-reaching implications for the k

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A conversation with E.M.S. Namboodiripad, April 28, 1992.

Dear wheat

The United Front Government's decision to import two million tonnes of wheat from Australia turns out to be an expensive proposition in a good year fo

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Suicide stories

Exaggerated claims about suicides by farmers in Punjab appear to be part of an agenda to attack state controls on the rural economy and to pave the wa

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Dealing with dirty money

The alarming growth in the volume of money-laundering and its links with other crimes, including the illicit trade in narcotics, have made it a major

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