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‘If India has to grow faster, States have to grow faster’

Half the States are growing at less than 6%, says the Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to the PM

K.C. Venugopal, AICC general secretary./ File photo

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Delhi rally is start of a movement against BJP, says party general secretary K.C. Venugopal

Varghese K George

Interview | Rathin Roy Interview

Structural policies needed for 7-plus % growth, says Rathin Roy

Puja Mehra The slowdown is an outcome of supply-side constraints, says the economist

Chinese Ambassador to India Sun Weidong. File

Regional disputes should be resolved through dialogue and consultation: Chinese Ambassador to India Sun Weidong

Suhasini Haidar Over the past year, the two sides have actively implemented the important consensus between the two leaders, upgraded and improved the quality of China-India relations, says Chinese Ambassador to India Sun Weidong

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'Not surprising India has become an important surveillance target'

Germany’s silence on the impact of reforms

Japan, not Coalgate, on his mind

Congo’s humanitarian heroine

Zubin Mehta in Mumbai, a city he says he never left, on Wednesday. Photo: Vivek Bendre

Playing to the power of music

‘Guilty Congressmen being shamelessly protected’

‘Obama must apologise for NSA snooping’

‘The problem is that the U.N. of 2013 does not represent the world of 2013.’

‘Torture is a public secret, expose the hypocrisy’

Nitya Ramakrishnan is a senior lawyer based in New Delhi. She has many terror trial defences to her credit, notably the Parliament Attack Case. Ms Ramakrishnan has authored a new book In Custody: Law, Impunity and Prisoner Abuse in South Asia (Sage), which traces the evolution, practice and politics of custodial abuse and justice in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan. She spoke to The Hindu on Wednesday. Excerpts:

‘We are talking more using fewer words’

The exhaustive, community-based work to bring all languages on record in the People’s Linguistic Survey of India also revealed the fate of the country’s multilingualism, says the project's chairperson

‘Rupee depreciation is more than what we can pass on’

The misuse of LPG has come down after capping the cylinder to nine, says BPCL chief

Indo-U.S. space ties ready for take-off: NASA chief

Once “estranged democracies,” India and America are now seeking to leap together into the next big frontier of space exploration. The National

‘Robert Vadra is a small farmer’

The Haryana Chief Minister says there is nothing illegal about the land transactions involving the Congress president’s son-in-law

Allies will be important for NDA in 2014

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh expects major realignments in the political scene both at the Centre and in his State, where Assembly elections are due

Developing a more Indian defence

The new DRDO chief is optimistic on the progress of the LCA and missile programmes and keen on securing technology transfer and access to raw materials

‘A silence on Vadra that will cost Congress’

Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley says his party is set to gain from the Congress’s credibility crisis and the grim economic situation

A Chief Minister stoops to conquer

Narendra Modi may be the BJP’s PM-in-waiting but Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, in his own gentle way, shows he is second to none

The changing face of Tamil Nadu’s Muslim politics

Over the last year, agitations by radical Tamil Muslim groups have effectively influenced the Tamil Nadu government’s policies. In September 2012,

What India can learn from Fukushima

Noted nuclear metallurgist, Siegfried Hecker, is one of the most sought after nuclear scientists in the world. He headed the key American

Disasters and a dream run

Hollywood hit-maker Roland Emmerich, whose White House Down has just released, talks to Sudhish Kamath about audiences’ fascination for all things frightening.

Living life king size

Playwright, actor, director Mohammad Ali Baig talks about being part of the Footsbarn’s Theatre Festival in France and his special invitation to the London’s Globe Theatre.

‘I will build on five decades of friendship with India’

In an e-mail interview, PDP president and Prime Minister-elect Tshering Tobgay told Chander Suta Dogra after the party’s recent win in the

‘We must explore option of NRI bonds’

Chairman of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council Dr. C. Rangarajan tells M.K. Venu that India could explore an NRI bond issue of

‘A blow to Europe-U.S. ties, but not fatal’

Dr. Bruno Tertrais, Senior Research Fellow, Foundation for Strategic Research in Paris has served as Special Assistant to the Director of

'Judiciary not untouched by corruption'

Justice P. Sathasivam, who takes over as the next Chief Justice of India on July 19, told <i>The Hindu</i> on June 28 that a few members of the judiciary have dishonoured their oath of office but that the solution lies in the hands of litigants.

Into a filmmaker’s mind

Nine-time National Award winner Jahnu Barua opens up about art, cinema and his native state — Assam.

‘Mafia hold over Italy growing stronger’

On May 28, a high-profile trial opened in the Italian island of Sicily, famous for its organised crime networks. The 10 accused in the box include

‘Treat naxalism as a national problem’

Three days after Maoists ambushed a convoy of Congress leaders in Bastar district, killing 27 people including top leaders of the party in the

Defence production needs FDI

Vijay Kumar Saraswat , Scientific Advisor to the Defence Minister, has headed the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)

Defence production needs FDI

Vijay Kumar Saraswat, Scientific Advisor to the Defence Minister, has been heading the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) since

Asia will count as our global home run

The continuing demand slump in Europe has forced German truck-maker Daimler AG to turn its eyes towards Asia, with its new business model envisaging

‘We have a lot of love for India’

In an interview to Karan Thapar days before the elections in Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif, who is poised to become the Prime Minister after his

‘Scientists downplay earthquake risks’

Two destructive earthquakes within a week of each other, the first with a 7.5 magnitude on the Iran-Pakistan border, on April 16, and the second

Nepal, India and China: a vision of trilateral cooperation

UCPN (Maoist) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' speaks to Gyanu Adhikari about Nepal's peace process

India’s stake in the Egyptian renaissance

Trade, investment and the promise of moderation and stability in the region are some of the reasons New Delhi should bet big on Egypt, says President Mohamed Morsy

Cauterizing the wounds of 1971

For more than two weeks, the Shahbag area in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka has been the centre of an extraordinary protest, with tens of thousands

Private test for Chhattisgarh’s public health care

Chhattisgarh is all set to allow private diagnostic centres at public health facilities within three months. Critics are appalled by the idea of business space for private players in public health facilities while supporters feel it will improve the pallid health care infrastructure in the State. The architect of the new model, J.P. Mishra, chief of the State Health Resource Centre — the State Health Department’s technical assistance body overseeing the project — is a strong proponent of public-private partnership. He spoke to Suvojit Bagchi defending private enterprise in public health.

The unsettled artist

Lavina Melwani finds that Zarina Hashmi’s evolving oeuvre with paper is a powerful expression of her thoughts.

Documentary photography as a fine art

Steve McCurry is obviously asked by a lot of people how they can become a photographer. And in reply his advice is never about cameras or lenses or

Measurement comes naturally to private sector: Bill Gates

Bill Gates is co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, a philanthropic organisation focused on expanding opportunity to the world’s

Oscar nomination, a high note for Carnatic music

Carnatic vocalist >Bombay Jayashri who has been nominated for an >Oscar along with Mychael Danna in the Original Song” category

Why the middle class is revolting

Saskia Sassen speaks with a formidable energy. She engages her audience with her extensive research as she takes you through the “architecture” of

‘Cash transfers can help make India less unequal, but are not a magic bullet’

It is not the modality of cash transfer that is the only issue, but also how much, and for whom, and also, instead of what, asks Amartya Sen.

'India’s refugee policy is an example for the rest of the world to follow'

Antonio Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says India, which has opened its doors for refugees and asylum seekers has set an

‘The more India engages with ASEAN, the more it can reap the benefits’

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who was in New Delhi last week for the India-ASEAN Commemorative Summit, tells Sujay Mehdudia that

‘Writing like a sharp needle that pierces the veins to draw blood’

It is an Indian publisher, Naveen Kishore of Seagull Books, Kolkata, who holds world rights to at least one, if not two of Mo Yan’s books. In an

‘It is time to end the drift in Ukraine’s ties with India’

Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovych, who arrived in India on Sunday evening for a four-day state visit, is prepared to challenge Russia’s

History without sentimentalism

Mark Mazower is Ira D. Wallach Professor of History at Columbia University in New York. Widely recognised as one of the finest historians of his

‘More FDI in insurance will undermine economic security’

In a developing country like India, the government needs to retain some control over domestic savings instead of allowing foreign investors to enjoy control over Indian savings. The Parliamentary Standing Committee came to the same conclusion. It recommended that the cap on foreign direct investment (FDI) be retained at 26 per cent.

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