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Hard work and good fortune
A second term for the Congress in Andhra Pradesh did not come easily. Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy had to fight strong anti-incumbency sentiment, a grand alliance of the Telugu Desam Party, the Telangana Rashtra Samiti, and the Left, and ...

Controlling hypertension
Hypertension is a well-recognised risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Comprehensive population-level data on the national prevalence of hypertension are not available for the simple reason that a reliable surveillance system does not exist. ...

Leader Page Articles
STATECRAFT
Obligations of the new mandate
By Harish Khare

The voters have defied conventional wisdom and rebuffed the small-time practitioners of unethical politics. The recipients of the new mandate have an obligation to re-invent healthy governing practices.

News Analysis
ANALYSIS

Making sense of the verdict
By Yogendra Yadav

The result of this Lok Sabha election opens up a new political space for the Congress and the opportunity for it to revert to representing a grand coalition of interests.

U.S.-Israel partnership: fraying at the edges?
By Jeremy Walker

Israel is no longer the most important ally of the U.S. in the Middle East. There are other problems that concern Washington now.

Guatemala: bank warning lands Tweeter in jail
By Rory Carroll

The police in Guatemala have arrested a Twitter user and confiscated his computer for “inciting financial panic” after he urged people to remove funds from a state-owned bank. Jean Anleu Fernandez, 37, was handcuffed, fingerprinted ...

Politicians of all hues are demoralised
By Patrick Wintour

Letters to the Editor

Mature verdict

‘No’ to communalism

Manmohan as PM

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