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Magnificent and moving
The rescue of miners trapped in the bowels of the earth in Chile's San Jose mine in Copiapo has inspired awe and admiration round the world — for the way humanitarian values fused with state-of-the-art technology to score an unparalleled ...

India in the Security Council
India's election as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council after a gap of 19 years shows how differently it is perceived by the world compared with 1996, the last time it contested and lost to Japan. Only 42 countries ...

Leader Page Articles
What India can bring to the high table
By Siddharth Varadarajan

The U.N. Security Council needs a strong and independent voice on the burning issues of our time, not some feeble echo of a stale Western chorus.

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Western lifestyles plundering the tropics
WWF report shows resources are being used at 1.5 times the rate nature can replace them — but long-term decline of animal life appears to have been halted

Half of used mobiles contain personal data
Phones being sold on eBay revealed credit card information and intimate pictures.

Mexico's new underwater statues
Ten minutes by boat, and nine metres deep, an extraordinary installation is taking shape off the coast of Cancun in Mexico. Sunk to the bottom of the seabed are 350 human forms — cast from real people — with another 50 to come ...

Famous last words
The best of parting shots can be funny, poignant or plain despairing.

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‘We need cost-effective, wide-reaching innovations'
Interview with S.S. Badrinath, founder and Chairman Emeritus, Sankara Nethralaya.

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