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E D I T O R I A L
Between hope and despair
THE United Progressive Alliance
government in India has crossed its half way mark and at present there
is no threat to its continuation regardless of its vulnerability. Lead
by an economist Dr Manmohan Singh and guided by Congress President
Sonia Gandhi, its theme song has been reforms. More
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| ANALYSIS |
The Extending Domains of Economics
Vinod Anand
The science of economics has now obtained a multi-disciplinary flavour, and has sought the help of other social sciences to understand human behaviour.
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Mistrust Bedevil India China Parley
Gobind Thukral
THE visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao to India and Pakistan has been a subject of concentrated debate for the past ten days. What he said or did not say was the subject hammered at all across the media.
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Amritsar as broadcasting hub for Afghanistan
Harjit Singh
Afghanistan, even in the most peaceful of times has suffered
from some kind of political stability. This impoverished nation
is still lives in the medieval times and its world divided into
small principalities governed by autocratic feudal lords.
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Battered women of Pakistan
Gobind Thukral
Pakistan is a veritable cauldron of ideologies. Here if one law is enacted to offer relief to the tormented women, another comes into existe-nce to add
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Tata and Corus Steel Themselves-2
Satya Naryanan
LIKE the heirs of the Jamsetji Tata who removed the
misperceptions of the British authorities about the competence
of the Indians to erecting the first ever steel plant in Jamshedpur,
it was late J.R.D, Tata, to correct Prof. Galbrailh.
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Culture health care attract tourists
L.K. Verma
A lot of entrepreneurs and
professionals see India emerging
as a preferred holiday and business
destination for people around
the world. Many have started
showcasing their skills and
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LITERATURE
Punjabi writers on a warpath
Dr. Jaspal Singh
KENDRI Punjabi Lekhak Sabha, the largest conglomeration of Punjabi writers is one
again up in arms against the Punjab government for its language policy. The writers are
angry because the bureaucracy at the higher levels does not pass orders on office files in
Punjabi. More |
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UN though the eyes of its Secretary General
VERY soon the world would not see a suave and bearded idealist Kofi Annan at the United
Nations headquarters. What kind of legacy he leaves for that world body which is increasingly
being either usurped or marginalised by the super power America and it supporters.
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Pakistan and China Strengthen their Political & economic ties
President Hu Jintao’s visit has confirmed that China and Pakistan need each other badly.
China would like to see that Pakistan becomes its major market to export all types of goods.
But more importantly it is weaned away from America and becomes a bulwark for China.
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Little Hope
WHEN American President Bush patted his appointee the Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki in Jordan
on November 30, he only revealed that he has no plans to bring peace to the war ravaged
hapless country called Iraq. More
Canada Invites Foreign Students
MORE than 1, 80,000 foreign students come to study in Canada every year. Canadian
universities though costly offer quality education and chance to work in some of the best
places. More
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International Criminal Court, Sill Born
International criminal justice system has mostly weighed in the favour of the powerful. More recently the United States, not even a signatory to the U N convention for International Court of Justice has circumvented the will of the U.N and violated the real spirit for an international criminal justice system by either choosing to use it to punish former president of Yugoslavia or by not taking the case of former president of Iraq to the International Court. Senior lawyer and commentator Joginder Singh Toor traces the history discusses the merits of the system.
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| HISTORY |
The Sikhs & partition of the Punjab-6
Professor J.S. Grewal
The leaders of the Indian National Congress cherished the idea of India as a single Nation State. Towards this end, they were prepared to accommodate the aspirations and fears of the All India Muslim League, but they were not prepared to go far enough. More |
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