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The public needs both gavel and pen
The Supreme Court's proposal to impose guidelines on how to report cases will be harmful to press freedom and democracy, the bedrock of which is an informed public. »
It's official, the UPA is all at sea
Only the Food Bill and other pro-people reforms can end the Congress party's hand-to-mouth political existence. »
Challenges ahead for India's nuclear diplomacy
Nullifying the effect of the Nuclear Suppliers Group's ban on enrichment and reprocessing exports will require diplomatic finesse and commercial hardball. »
Needed: the mother of all reshuffles
If the exercise on Tuesday is hesitant and small-scale, read it as a sign that the Congress has lost the will to fight. A bold reshuffle, on the other hand, will send out the opposite message. »
From fig leaf to banana republic
Nobody sheds a tear when the police harass ordinary citizens. But with the rich and powerful under the corruption scanner, the Prime Minister now fears a police state. »
A weakness born of bad intent
The UPA government's unwillingness to act against the abuse of political and corporate power has created a vacuum which others are rushing to fill. »
Tanzania, India find 'South-South' ties in good health
Indian officials have spent the past week fighting off Western suggestions that they are in a race for influence in Africa with the Chinese. On Friday, their claim that India and China compl... »
Manmohan invokes flour and power in pitch to Ethiopia
Clearly one up on India in terms of the facilities for simultaneous translation it provides to MPs; the country has over 80 languages »
Come and farm our virgin lands, Ethiopia tells India
We want to see more Indian companies in every field: Zenawi »
IMF reform ‘not one-shot' process, says Manmohan
Declaring the struggle for reform at the International Monetary Fund to be a long-term one, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said international relations were about “power relations” and... »
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