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In the grip of pessimism
Reacting to a variety of bad news from India and abroad, Indian stocks plunged sharply on Monday. The benchmark indices, the Sensex and the Nifty, were lower by 3.25 per cent and 2.74 per cent respectively on Monday evening compared to their ...

GM concerns in agriculture
After a controversial entry into cotton, international corporations promoting Genetically Modified crops are trying to expand their reach into food. The promised benefits would appear compelling in an era of food shortages and low productivity, ...

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War for the soul of Islam in India
By Praveen Swami

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The politics of polio
By Pushpa M. Bhargava

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* * In a report “Two nuns chain themselves in Vatican protest” (“Newscape” page, June 10, 2008), the first paragraph was “Two nuns chained themselves in front of the Vatican on Sunday to get Pope ...

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