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Who’s afraid of NREGA?
As the United Progressive Alliance government battles for survival, it may be worth pondering over one of its most impressive achievements, the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) of 2005. This far-sighted legislation guarantees rural ...

Gamble does not pay off
It has been evident for a long time now that the Iraq policy of the United States has been a calamitous failure. President George Bush’s attempt to reverse the trend by despatching 30,000 troops to augment the occupation force was a ...

Leader Page Articles
The miracle of faith
By Navin Chawla

News Analysis
Spray-on coat for sheep
By Barbara McMahon

Imagine being left outside in freezing weather without any clothes on or standing naked for hours under a fierce sun. It’s not much fun for newly sheared sheep in Australia, some of whom die of hypothermia or heat stress within days of ...

Corrections and clarifications
* * The report “No steel exports below domestic market price” (“Business”, August 21, 2007) referred to S.K. Roongta as the Chairman and Managing Director of SAIL. According to the SAIL website, Mr. Roongta is the SAIL ...

The 123 agreement: from bad to worse
By Michael Krepon and Alex Stolar

OUT OF LONDON
Nehru era had “echoes” of the Raj
By Hasan Suroor

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