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FIXING THE POST-ELECTION MATCH
THAT A HUNG Legislative Assembly and a pro-active Governor make for a combustive combination has once again been proved — this time in the tiny State of Jharkhand where Governor Syed Sibtey Razi has installed, in far from decent haste, a ...

ON COURSE IN KERALA
CONSENSUS IS NOT always the best way to resolve differences. This was very much in evidence at the 18th Kerala State Conference of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in Malappuram. The dominant factions of the party forced a contest for the ...

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Still waiting for the big push
By Siddharth Varadarajan

In defeating the NDA last year, the electorate wanted a change in the direction of the economy and not the continuation of anti-social reforms with a `human face.' The UPA's new Budget talks the right talk but fails to set a new course.

Dealing with poverty globally
By Gerard Errera

Global taxation such as on air-travel or financial transactions could finance the fight against world poverty.

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