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A sound exercise
The United Progressive Alliance government, and in particular its astute External Affairs Minister, Pranab Mukherjee, have done well to give high priority at this sensitive time to the strengthening of détente and the development of economic ...

Widening the scope of loan waiver
The detailed guidelines for the farmers’ loan waiver package expand the scope of the scheme announced in the budget. They also raise the cost to the government by Rs.11,680 crore. In his budget speech, the Finance Minister had estimated ...

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Counter terror with justice
By Mukul Sharma

The fight against terrorism should not be used as an excuse for ending investigations into the role played by the police and the armed forces in committing human rights violations against thousands of people.

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The saga of an institute of research
By N. Gopal Raj

Today, the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, a premier institution for scientific research and training, begins the 100th year of its existence.

Corrections and clarifications
The caption of the accompanying photograph in a report “Left to oppose move to hike petro prices” (Early editions, May 24, 2008) was “Charting the Course: CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat (centre) , ...

In Pakistan, dancing on broken glass
By Beena Sarwar

Giving a bit of breathing space to the main coalition partners may have long-term benefits.

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