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Tax buoyancy and fiscal challenges
High economic growth rates have resulted in tax buoyancy, giving Finance Minister P. Chidambaram additional leeway in preparing the Union budget for 2007-08. Government finances have been improving with each quarter this year, the second and ...

China and African economies
China's expanding role in African economies, highlighted during President Hu Jintao's eight-country tour, has alarmed some western ideological adversaries into making the allegation that a new colonial enterprise is under way. In presenting this ...

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Selling the tiger to save it: will it work?
By Pallavi Aiyar

A proposal to raise tigers in captivity to harvest their body parts for use in traditional Chinese medicine has generated a lot of heat. Proponents say it will help curb poaching but conservationists dispute this.

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Positives from the peace process
By Nirupama Subramanian

Some time ago, an incident like the Samjhauta Express tragedy would have seen the two sides trading charges.

Corrections and Clarifications
A report "Hypersonic reusable missile next: Pillai" (February 16, 2007) stated that Mach is the speed of sound, leading to a query. The Oxford English Dictionary states that Mach (also Mach number) (noun) is the ratio of the speed of a body ...

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