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In the event, a success story
Twenty-four hours before the opening ceremony, it looked as though Delhi had made a complete mess of the preparations for the Commonwealth Games. On Thursday, in front of 60,000 spectators, including chief guest President Mahinda Rajapaksa and ...

The threat of lifestyle diseases
No longer can it be said that non-communicable diseases like diabetes and cardiovascular disease, and risk factors like hypertension, high cholesterol, and obesity are seen only among the urban rich in India. In the past, several localised ...

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From political Ayodhya to legal Ayodhya
By Vidya Subrahmaniam

Within the pages of the Ayodhya title suit verdict is a riveting political story that has not been taken note of.

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Changing face of local polls
Panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh have thrown up many curious phenomena.

A ‘new deal' is needed for refugees
Four-fifths of all refugees eke out a living in the developing world. The west must do more to carry its share of the burden.

Floating polar station launched
Russian scientists opened a floating polar research station on October 15 in the Chuckchi Sea at the margin of the Arctic Ocean. The station, Severny Polyus (North Pole) 38, will be home to 15 researchers for a year. They will conduct polar ...

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Corrections and Clarifications
A sentence in the last letter of the Letters To The Editor column (October 15, 2010) said: “A vertical hole was drilled at the bottom on the right side of the workings, improvising a four-inch drill.” It should have been to ...

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