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Towards safe vaccinations
The sudden death of four children after they were administered measles vaccine in primary health centres in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruvallur district is a grievous tragedy. That the deaths should occur in a State with a better record of health ...

A record food output?
For a government under great pressure to contain the rising prices of essential commodities, especially food items, the overall message from the third advance estimates of food production (2007-08) ought to be most welcome. The aggregate ...

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REALITY CHECK
A lesson in statecraft, from Nepal to India
By Siddharth Varadarajan

While Nepal’s erstwhile ruling parties are building peace with their Maoists, India is stuck with the disastrous Salwa Judum. If the Indian Maoists have something to learn from their Nepali comrades, the same is true of the Indian establishment as well.

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To lionise former extremists is to feed anti-Muslim prejudice
By Ziauddin Sardar

It is a mistake to fete repentant members of Islamist cults.

Corrections and Clarifications
>>Shane Warne’s team Rajasthan Royals has not played against Mumbai Indians as mentioned in three places in the report, “Warne praises his young, talented team” (Sport, April 24, 2008). Warne’s impressive spell

Time to get tough on malaria
By Ban Ki-moon

Today, the international community is marking the first World Malaria Day. In the time it takes to read this article, six more children will die of the disease.

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