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India and the NSG
The Nuclear Suppliers Group was always going to be the toughest hurdle for the U.S.-India nuclear agreement to get past but just how difficult an obstacle it is became clear after last week’s meeting of the cartel in Vienna. The United ...

Obama chooses Biden
Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee for the 2008 U.S. presidential election has tried to balance the ticket by selecting Joseph Biden as his running mate. For all his charisma and oratorical skills, Mr. Obama has not been able to ...

Leader Page Articles
BJP on J&K: reversing its own legacy
By Vidya Subrahmaniam

The BJP leadership is flirting with danger in Jammu and Kashmir. Lal Krishna Advani must end the brinkmanship — as much for the sake of the Vajpayee legacy as his own credibility.

News Analysis
Kerala and alternative energy resources
By V.R. Krishna Iyer

It is strange to learn that Kerala has no plan to generate power through alternative means.

REALITY CHECK

Looking beyond the NSG debacle
By Siddharth Varadarajan

America’s inability — or unwillingness — to bat for India at the Nuclear Suppliers Group undermines the basis of the July 2005 agreement. If the U.S. won’t keep its commitment, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh must walk away.

OUT OF LONDON
“Starving? No money? Try some organic food”
By Hasan Suroor

A “Marie Antoinette moment”? Or much ado about nothing? Either way it had all the trappings of a perfect media storm with Prince Charles bang at the centre of it. He was dubbed a “modern Marie Antoinette” after his ...

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