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Editorials Two steps backward While the Bill to constitute a National Investigation Agency to probe terrorist crimes was long overdue, the one amending the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) raises serious concerns from a jurisprudential and civil rights ... Breaking with the past Given Pakistan’s record of consistent reliance on terrorist organisations to execute its strategic designs, few would be optimistic that the demise of outfits such as the Lashkar-e-Taiba is imminent. Given the stakes vested in these ... Leader Page Articles Towards a renaissance of the IITs By Kalyan Singhal Had the IITs followed and succeeded in their original mission, India’s gross national product would have increased over ten times. They can yet become a force for rising India’s social, economic, and technological transformation. News Analysis STATECRAFT Re-nourishing the Indian polity By Harish Khare The terrorist has no faith or interest in democracy but the citizens have a stake in the healthier and effective functioning of our democratic institutions. The post-Mumbai mood presents us an opportunity to remedy habits and ideas that hinder the fi ght against terror. 
When convention went out of the windowBy Larry Elliott The U.S. central bank is utterly petrified. Policymakers have turned to printing money. Condoleezza Rice seeks Arab advice on Iran By Maria Appakova A number of meetings on the Greater Middle East took place at the U.N. headquarters in New York this week. One of them was of particular interest. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice initiated a meeting between the Security Council ... Chilling development in Dubai By Leo Hickman A refrigerated swimming pool and an artificially cooled beach are Dubai’s latest excesses. Corrections and clarifications * * The fourth paragraph in a report “Pranab, Antony want Pakistan to act” (December 17, 2008, page 1) was “The assurances he [External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee] referred to were given by the former Pakistan ... Letters to the Editor Read Today's supplements: Friday Review | Cinema Plus | Send: Comments to: thehindu@vsnl.com Letters to the Editor to: letters@thehindu.co.in with full postal address |
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