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EDITORIAL: Policy drought
India is probably the only country these days that wishes for dark clouds, literally. So far rain-laden clouds continue to play hide and seek underlining once again just how important the monsoons are in the Indian sub-continent. Kharif ...

EDUCATION: Will Sibal’s plans pass muster?
Mr Kapil Sibal, Minister for Human Resource Development, announced on June 25 his Ministry’s plans for the first hundred days of the new UPA Government.The plans include instituting a right to education through an amendment to ...

FOREIGN RELATIONS: China woos Mauritius and eyes the Indian Ocean
The small island nation of Mauritius with an area of 2,040 sq.km and a population of 1.3 million is located strategically in the Indian Ocean’s southwest quadrant. Today, Mauritius is a part of China’s geo-strategic thrust into ...

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: Nurture small guys into tech biggies
The Indian information technology (IT) industry is going through unprecedented change. For the first time in the history of the industry, we are seeing a flat and, in some cases, negative revenue growth. This is happening in the midst of ...

IPR: Patent pool for public health: Breakthrough or Quixotic initiative?
Is the effort by United Nations-supported UNITAID, an international drug purchasing facility, to create a patent pool in the interest of public health a break-through initiative or is the agency tilting at windmills? In the past, patent ...

SECURITY: The real Lalgarh struggle
As of now, two things stand out vis-a-vis Operation Lalgarh, currently being conducted by the Centre’s and West Bengal’s security forces against Maoists outfits, which should bring some relief to those watching ...

LETTERS: Food safety
The Delhi Government initiative, jointly with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), to improve the services in Delhi eateries right from those exhibiting world-class brand names to the smallest roadside dabas by rating, ...

LETTERS: Class X examination
The Government’s move to initiate reforms in the education sector is most ...


Columnists: C Gopinath Harish Bijoor G Chandrashekhar S Murlidharan Sharad Joshi Mohan Murti S Balakrishnan Bharat Savur B S Raghavan Ganesh Challa Bhanoji Rao Swati T Banusekar Ramanujam Sridhar Ranabir Ray Choudhury Rasheeda Bhagat P.V. Indiresan P Devarajan S Muralidhar R K Raghavan B Venkatesh S Venkitaramanan




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