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

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

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Sri Lankan Tamils are disappointed as the government gave hope and then failed to deliver: Jaffna MP Sumanthiran

Meera Srinivasan Jaffna district MP and Tamil National Alliance spokesman on the national unity government’s performance, the 13th Amendment, and India’s relations with Sri Lanka

K. Kasturirangan

Interview | We want to make teachers a serious cadre, like engineers: Dr. K. Kasturirangan

Shubashree Desikan In the second part of the interview, Dr. K. Kasturirangan, the chairperson of the drafting committee and former head of ISRO, speaks about centralisation of the educational system, the public school concept, modifications of the college and university systems, research and more.Read the first part of the interview here.There is an extreme degree of centralisation that the draft policy advocates, with Rashtriya Shiksha Ayog having the PM at its apex. Textbooks will be created by the NCERT with

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‘We are going through a profound revolution'

‘Women need to reach out to form partnerships across sectors'

Afghanistan: ‘The state of women's rights is still a concern’

‘In the event of a nuclear incident, victims must get prompt compensation'

‘U.K., U.S. must share blame for Pakistan's ambivalence on terror'

“I find the subject fascinating…”

Media hype and the reality of “new” India

Poverty in at least eight States — Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand — was worse than in some of the poorest countries of sub-Saharan Africa.

I am open to all ideas to end the violence: Omar Abdullah

‘It isn't as if Srinagar has been handed over to the army; we've only asked for it to stand by and demonstrate its presence.'

‘It was not a case, it was a tragedy': Nariman

‘The only thing the government has done correctly — it should have been done 14 or 15 years before — is to increase the compensation, if they genuinely believe that the victims have not got their amount.'

Google's Eric Schmidt believes smart phones will empower the poor

Chief executive of the search giant, Eric Schmidt, has no doubts that Google has been instrumental in a generational shift in democratising

‘Pakistan, India can solve water issues with goodwill'

There is definite water stress in our region so we should work for better water management, conservation and preservation, says Pakistan's top Indus Waters official.

For friendship across the border

Pakistani businessman Aziz Memon on the need to improve India-Pakistan relations.

“Parliament must be persuaded to permit polygraph, brain mapping”

Interview with Central Bureau of Investigation Director Ashwani Kumar

‘I am no friend of any operator’

A. Raja defends his Ministry's actions and wards off charges that 2G spectrum auctions caused losses to the exchequer.

“I don't think corruption is a major threat to the judiciary”

Interview with Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan.

“The world acknowledges our fight against terrorism”

Interview with Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi.

Iran and nuclear concerns

Interview with Dr. Ali Bagheri, Deputy Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council.

Blake: LeT is a threat to U.S., to India, and potentially to Pakistan

We will continue to urge our friends in Pakistan to deal with this.

Transcript of interview of Robert Blake, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia

Two questions on economics and trade, firstly, several Indian ministers, including Sachin Pilot and more recently Mallikarjun Kharge, have made

Indian art goes global

There is a strong demand for new art from young and established Indian artists alike, says Peter Sumner, Indian art specialist at Phillips de Pury.

Edited text of 12,262-word response by Azad, Spokesperson, Central Committee, CPI (Maoist)

In an exclusive >interview to The Hindu, Azad, spokesperson of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), answers in writing questions on his party’s

A ceasefire will create conducive atmosphere for talks: Azad

In an exclusive interview to The Hindu, Azad, Spokesperson of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), answers in writing questions on his party's attitude to dialogue with the Union government.

BJP's focus is on development, socio-economic reform, and nationalism: Nitin Gadkari

‘We feel that we should have Ram Mandir. This is the issue of our asmita. We will not deviate from it.'

‘All Lives Have Equal Value'

Melinda Gates: ‘Bill and I care about keeping all kids alive and that really is our focus.'

‘It was a remarkable experience protecting academic integrity from political attacks'

Professor Krishna Kumar on his five-year tenure as director, NCERT.

‘Writing and writing is my happiness’

Orhan Pamuk speaks to Nirmala Lakshman on ‘The Museum of Innocence’ and his other novels, his Turkishness, and his exploration of the human condition.

‘Writing and writing is my happiness’

Orhan Pamuk speaks to Nirmala Lakshman on The Museum of Innocence and his other novels, his Turkishness, and his exploration of the human condition.

Pitching for composite dialogue

Pakistan Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani spoke to CNN-IBN ’s deputy foreign affairs editor Suhasini Haidar in Islamabad on Wednesday. Here are edited excerpts. Full text of the interview is linked here.

‘Crime fiction is about social inequality’

Ian Rankin in conversation with Prakash Karat about the Rebus novels, new trends in crime fiction writing, politics in India, and more. Full interview linked here.

A billion acts of green for Earth Day

The Earth Day Network’s campaign is about fast forwarding green economics, green jobs, and industrial infrastructure

‘We have not violated any procedure in the matter of Justice Dinakaran’

"I requested the government to conduct an enquiry and convey the findings to me, says the Chief Justice of India." In a special interview to The Hindu in New Delhi on January 9, he spoke on a wide range of issues relating to the judiciary

Bhopal disaster ‘a civilisational mismatch’

While the Centre intends to uproot naxalism through the controversial Operation Green Hunt, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan has a

“We have to save the nation’s wealth from the mining mafia”

The present Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka were helpless or powerless before the Reddy brothers, says N. Chandrababu Naidu.

It was a challenge all the way, says Anil Kakodkar

Anil Kakodkar , Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), is retiring on November 30 after a 45-year career in the DAE. In this context, he spoke to The Hindu in his office in Mumbai on November 23. Excerpts:

‘I absolutely believe that scientists should be paid more than they are currently’

If Dr. Venkataraman Ramakrishnan, who shared the Nobel Prize for Chemistry this year with two others for mapping ribosomes at the atomic level, could

‘Iran hopes President Obama can deliver on his promises’

In an exclusive interview to The Hindu during a two-day visit to Delhi, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki talks about the latest western

Tackling the Maoist problem, confidently

The transcript of an interview with Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Sitaram Yechury done by Karan Thapar for the programme Devil's

Migration: supportive policies needed

The reality of public opinion towards migrants is more complex than the rhetoric of public debate would have us believe.

‘U.N. Framework Convention format too traditional’

On his second visit to the country after taking over as President in the Maldives’ first admittedly open and fair elections less than a year ago,

“Education and Science to be two key areas of UNESCO’s action”

We have to rethink the role of UNESCO because the world has changed so profoundly with the economic crisis, globalisation, and the emergence of new world powers, says new UNESCO chief Irina Bokova.

'Too early to say how sustained the global economic turnaround will be'

India may have to watch out for further decline in remittances from Indians working abroad because of the lagged impact of the recession, says Vinod Thomas.

Telomeres and their role in ageing and disease

Much like the tips of shoelaces, telomeres are molecular caps that protect chromosomes. What might be feasible in a sort of dream world would be that telomerase could be stimulated in an optimal way and that would be helpful in mitigating, say, cardiovascular disease and cancer.

We will get that magic figure: Pawar

Nationalist Congress Party leader and Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has scaled down the number of his election rallies from the usual 200

My exposure to Physics certainly helped me: Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

For the last few years, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been given for research related to Biology. This year was no exception. The Prize, shared

‘It is a mistake to judge science by Nobel Prizes’

He might have won the Nobel Prize this week, but Venkatraman Ramakrishnan still remembers the National Science Talent Scholarship he won as an Indian

The reality is that India will remain outside the NPT

Nuclear weapon states must recognise the inextricable link between nonproliferation and disarmament, says IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei.

‘We will lead a government soon’

If the Interim Constitution is trampled upon and the country is pushed towards confrontation, people will revolt. Our party will try to take the lead, says Prachanda.

‘Language of force is not helpful on Iran issue’

Tehran should be more transparent but its nuclear programme does not pose a threat that is imminent, says IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei.

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