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Fast-tracking ties with ASEAN
Singapore has been at the heart of India’s “Look East” policy, and has in many ways helped New Delhi cement ties with the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and consequently with East Asia. External Affairs Minister ...

Move against terrorism funding
Travellers from and to any country of the European Union (EU) possessing cash of the value of €10,000 and more, have to make a declaration under a new regulation aimed at combating money laundering and terrorism financing. This preventive ...

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Why are levels of child malnutrition high?
By A.K. Shiva Kumar

Reducing child malnutrition requires enhancing women’s freedoms and promoting gender equality.

News Analysis

Unwilling parents, unwary orphans
By P. Sainath

In Anantapur, farm suicides are fewer than they were in 2002. But they still happen and could rise again in this fragile region. As elsewhere, agriculture is plagued by uncertainty.

For systemic change on the democratic path
By V.R. Krishna Iyer

Some reflections on the Indian system of elections and possible alternatives.

Afghanistan begins to mirror Iraq
By Richard Norton-Taylor

The west’s policy remains hopelessly confused and contradictory.

Where’s the super-rich’s social responsibility?
By Henry Porter

The super-rich are back, and would much rather buy private planes or build golf courses than recognise their debt to society.

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