Primary Schooling by Amartya Sen

PRIMARY SCHOOLING: I Pratichi Trust (India) was established a decade ago, along with its sister across the border, Pratichi Trust…

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To Let / For Sale? by Ruchira Gupta

When a problem is big and tends to profit a powerful group, there’s a time-honoured temptation to sweep it under…

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Ghost Lullabies by Chandrani Banerjee

* A Rs 350 crore scam has surfaced in the Rajiv Gandhi National Creche Scheme * Three organisations are being…

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Legalise Prostitution? by Madhu Purnima Kishwar

A bench of the Supreme Court recently said: “When you say it is the world’s oldest profession and when you…

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State plans urban job scheme by NJ Nair

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The State government is gearing up to launch its own urban employment guarantee programme to provide 100 days of…

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Panel wind for women’s bill

The jinxed women’s reservation bill received a boost today with a parliamentary panel advocating immediate passage in its present form.…

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Nod for Competition (Amendment) Bill by Gargi Parsai

The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday approved the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2009 which was passed by the Lok Sabha. The Bill…

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Minister escort can fly free

A minister will now be able to take his or her friend, companion or relative on flights free of cost.…

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Republic of Silence by Ashok Mitra

Hokum must have its kingdom. The judicial report on the culpability for the crime perpetrated on December 6, 1992, was…

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Docs protest rural practice bill

The government’s bill to create a three-year diploma course to train “rural health practitioners” triggered protests from doctors today, who…

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Year of House unrest by PC Alexander

Within a few days from today we will be crossing over to the second decade of the 21st century. Those…

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Price-busters on way

The government is planning to augment the supplies of essential items through imports to rein in food inflation which has…

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Ministry questions foreign varsity bill by Charu Sudan Kasturi

The health ministry has questioned the benefits to India of a proposed bill aimed at regulating the entry of foreign…

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Boardroom rules

One year on from the aborted Satyam-Maytas deal that eventually paved the way for Ramalinga Raju’s sensational confession of fraud…

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The Great Stabilisation

The recession was less calamitous than many feared. Its aftermath will be more dangerous than many expect IT HAS become…

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