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Fifty years on,the treaty is a sparkling study in resolving disputes

An article in the CPM’s weekly journal People’s Democracy focuses on the defence ministry’s decision to begin trials for the purchase of some 75 Basic Trainer Aircraft.

Saritha Rai’s ‘Ministry of scandals’ (IE,September 21) confirms that Karnataka is getting out of hand as far as corruption goes.

Bihar will test the Congress’s go-it-alone strategy

Let’s not overdo the rant on failure in reaching major MDG goals.

Some of the most exciting breakthroughs have come in Africa

Standardised formats don’t provide meaningful evaluation

The Karnataka government is giving enough grist to the gossip mill

Decoding the political edginess ahead of the high court verdict this week

Our sullen policing is generating a severe national security crisis

The commodities market has been ruled by political whim

The AFSPA is meant for specific use in extraordinary internal situations and is not “arbitrary”,as the army chief has also pointed out.

When the pro-Soviet ‘revisionists’ and and pro-China ‘true revolutionaries’ parted ways

Obama has to recover his old campaign savvy

Why the ‘Three Cups of Tea’ strategy may not be the answer in Afghanistan

Critics should see the strength in NASSCOM’s diversity

Bihar was once India’s basket case; that stereotype no longer holds

China draws thick red lines for Kathmandu

A significant course correction is overdue in Kashmir,and the current events there necessarily push in that direction.

Why do brands fail to engage the below-30 Digital Zap generation?

This is a week when I feel especially hopeless about India’s future. A week in China has caused this gloomy mood.

I went on my first Civil Rights March in Berkeley,California,in 1963.

As India experiences yet another edition of a self-inflicted cyclical crisis in Kashmir.

To coincide with the Commonwealth Games,the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) arranged a series of cultural events for the benefit of visitors to the Capital.

Poverty is a matter of perception and the number depends on where you draw the line. Each line has its own agenda.