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Landmark treaty
The recent entry into force of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which was adopted on December 13, 2006 and opened for signature on March 30, 2007, is certainly a landmark event. The international treaty ...

Way forward
India has entered the green phase of coal technology. Last week, an agreement was signed between the BHEL and Andhra Padesh Power Generation Corporation to set up a 125 MW power plant at Vijayawada using IGCC (Integrated Gasification Combined ...

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Of loan waivers and tax waivers
By P. Sainath

An overwhelming majority of Vidharbha’s farmers do not gain from the farm loan waiver because they are too “big.” But the IPL waiver goes to some of India’s richest millionaires and billionaires. They aren’t too big.

News Analysis
How to respond to global food crisis
By Arvind Subramanian

The severity of the global food crisis is undeniable. It affects hundreds of millions of vulnerable people. There is need and scope for decisive action for the short, medium, and long runs.

A complex struggle for power sharing in Nepal
By Ameet Dhakal

Nepal Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala has summoned the first session of the Constituent Assembly for May 28 but the political scene is far from clear and may actually get complicated in the next few days. Parties have failed to make ...

A mockery of science, conservation and environmental laws
By Sudarshan Rodriguez

It is beyond doubt that the Sethusamudram project will have disastrous consequences for the region’s biodiversity.

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