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India trumps England
The convincing series win in England has put paid to loose talk in cricketing circles that Indian Test teams fare well only on home soil. The perception, which grew in strength during the period 1987-2000 when India failed to win a Test outside ...

Widening access the European way
The recent European Union Regulation forbidding airlines and tour operators from denying travel for passengers with disabilities and reduced mobility, besides affirming the principle of anti-discrimination, also makes sound business sense. ...

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The hundred days basket
By Nirmala Lakshman

A social audit of the functioning of the National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme in Villupuram district in Tamil Nadu revealed that despite many problems it enhances transparency and accountability in governance and offers a lifeline to the rural poor.

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“This Agreement does not in any way restrict our strategic autonomy”
Excerpts from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s statement on August 13 in the Lok Sabha on Civil Nuclear Energy Cooperation with the United States. This is a preliminary transcript that is yet to be corrected and matched with the official transcr iption from the Lok Sabha:

Corrections and clarifications
The “NDTV poll: icons from Mahatma Gandhi to Sachin” (August 12, 2007) said that Viswanathan Anand, a former World No.1 in chess , was voted second in the category of “India’s greatest Sportsperson”. ...

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