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No shine on development agenda

25 Oct 2016 2:15 AM IST
A few weeks before the brutal cross-border terrorist attack on Uri, Prime Minister Modi had sensibly warned that India's defence spending might have...

Managing the mega irrigation beast

23 Oct 2016 4:10 AM IST
Mega irrigation projects are the big elephants in the room. Located along many of the world’s large rivers in arid areas—the Indus, the Ganges, the...

Determined to dominate B'desh

23 Oct 2016 4:06 AM IST
Indian media analysts have applauded New Delhi’s apparent success in consolidating international support against Pakistan-sponsored terrorism during...

Living in the shadow of fear and abuse

23 Oct 2016 2:39 AM IST
For all the 22 years of his young life, Ajith (name changed to protect identity) has had to hide his sexual preference for male partners. The...

Why the silence on climate change?

23 Oct 2016 2:37 AM IST
As scientists become gloomier about keeping global warming below the allegedly “safe” limit of 2 degree Celcius, the issue is disappearing from the US...

Disruptive innovation to save environment

22 Oct 2016 3:11 AM IST
Clayton Christensen, a professor at the Harvard Business School, wrote in the Harvard Business Review in 1995 about the concept of “disruptive...

Resurrecting Ram in a museum

22 Oct 2016 3:09 AM IST
What is the politics behind the Union government’s proposal to construct a multi-crore futuristic Ramayana museum in Ayodhya? With Uttar Pradesh going...

How a saviour of the ozone hole became a villain

22 Oct 2016 1:42 AM IST
Over the weekend, international leaders meeting in Kigali, Rwanda, agreed to a remarkable deal to phase-out hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), used as...

Rebuff self-appointed custodians of Islam

22 Oct 2016 1:38 AM IST
The legality of the triple-talaq system is now under the scrutiny of the Supreme Court. While political parties are talking in different tones on the...

Monsoon ends this week, record food output

21 Oct 2016 1:56 AM IST
A “normal” monsoon and adequate water in the main reservoirs nationwide, coupled with more money to agriculture, have set the stage for a record...

Precious corals bleached to death

21 Oct 2016 1:54 AM IST
The good news is that the current El Niño, a warm ocean current that drove temperatures up worldwide, is finally on its way out. But the bad news is...

Pak media deserves a round of applause

21 Oct 2016 1:52 AM IST
Pakistani newspapers, Dawn and The Nation, have shown exemplary courage in letting the country and the world know about the differences of opinion,...
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