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A lesson Worth Learning
It was a joy to see the so called media moghul Rupert Murdoch, his son James and their chief executive Rebekah Brooks grovel before the House of...
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Special Interest Driven UPA Resembles a Sinking Ship
A rudder-less United Progressive Alliance has convinced no one that it is acquiring some kind of anchor by shuffling its crew on a...
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Swami and Foes
Everybody loves a bomb blast; television channels that can't wait to bring out those hysterical terror montages, those creepy background tunes and...
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Arsenic Eating Bacteria or Is California a Weird Place?
So why is there a huge ruckus over an arsenic eating bacteria in Lake Mono, California? Not only the scientific world but the world's media has been...
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Economics behind the Oil Prices in India
That this government has lost all sense of proportion is evident from the arguments ranging from ridiculous to the outrageous made by its senior...
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Current Problems of Indian Economy
Yesterday, the UPA government raised the price of LPG cylinders by Rs 50, the price of diesel by Rs 3 and price of kerosene by Rs 2. This is the...
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From 2G to KG – India, Mega Scams and Neo-liberalism – II
As we discussed in our KG Basin Gas scam first part, there are various dimensions to the scam. In this part, we will focus on two issues – one...
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From 2G to KG – India, Mega Scams and Neo-liberalism
The KG Basin Gas scam is yet another in the series of scams the Indian Goverment is implicated in. As a follow up of last week's article drawing...
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The Undoing of Libya
NATO headquarters shares with the caves of al-Qaeda the error of hubris.
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Corruption: across Political Boundaries except the Left
Corruption seems to be the flavour of today with everyone and his uncle having something to say about it. In the process the people at the receiving...
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The Sorrows of Afghanistan and Pakistan
Cleverly, the Washington establishment seeks to reorder events so that it can take credit for things it did not do and pass on the blame for things...
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The Reliance KG Gas Scam
The CAG Draft Report on the audit of the Production Sharing Contracts for the on-shore and off-shore oil and gas blocks is now widely being...
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Fighting Corruption or Politics of Narcissism?
One of the effects of electronic media is the overwhelming need people have for visual gratification. Be it the political class or the civil society...
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Blundering UPA Government, Meandering Congress
The Congress and the UPA government tie up themselves in knots and blunders as they address the protests against corruption in the country.
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Springtime at the IMF
For the world's developing economies, a movement away from the dependence on the IMF is in order. Vijay Prashad writes.