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The worsening crisis
Khaleda Zia appears to be intent on pushing Bangladesh deeper into a crisis. President Iajuddin Ahmed, who has also taken on the role of the executive by appointing himself the chief advisor to the caretaker government, has played his part in ...

Slowing down diabetes
The two most potent weapons against diabetes continue to be regular physical activity and healthy eating habits. But with new evidence, medical research has strengthened the view that the burden of Type 2 diabetes mellitus is rising because of ...

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Microcredit, NGOs and poverty alleviation
By Mritiunjoy Mohanty

While access to microcredit serves as a useful complement to the survival strategies of poor households, it is not a strategy of poverty alleviation and growth.

News Analysis
Bad physics delights the deniers
By George Monbiot

Climate change deniers are cock-a-hoop at an aristocrat's claims that global warming is a U.N. hoax. But the physics is bafflingly bad.

Two rising powers and an awareness gap
By Pallavi Aiyar

India and China should take steps to bridge the knowledge deficit that exists on both sides of the border to realise the true potential of their relationship.

Baker unlikely to come up with anything new
By Michael Kinsley

What are the chances of James Baker's Iraq Study Group coming up with something original? Don't hold your breath.

Arbitration: justice beyond the pale of judicial jurisdiction
By V.R. Krishna Iyer

India needs a totally new arbitration calculus.

Corrections and Clarifications
A reader points out that in the text of the box item "Centre yet to decide on [Kakinada] refinery, says YSR" (Andhra Pradesh, November 11, 2006), ONGC stands for Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited, and not Oil and Natural Gas Commission, as ...

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