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News Analysis
Befuddling the voter
In the run-up to the Assembly polls, the leaders of the BJP and the Congress (I) have engaged in a battle of words. Harish Khare looks beyond the rhetoric.
Star wars
By — Harish Khare

SONIA GANDHI versus Atal Behari Vajpayee. Even at the best of times it is an unequal contest. One is barely four years into public life, the other a veteran of four decades in the parliamentary arena; one is untrained in the art of rhetoric and ...
Europe miffed
European leaders are annoyed at Washington's go-it-alone methods, says Vaiju Naravane.
Labouring under a cloud
'Cash-for-favours' has become the catchword for Tony Blair's critics to describe his Government's policies, says Hasan Suroor.
The Midas touch
By Sudhanshu Ranade

Once again it is time for the budget, and as the big day approaches it will loom ever larger in our consciousness. Basically the budget is an indicator of the outcome of the struggle for spoils; the big question is: what is in it for me? This is ...
Restore exemption to patents in agriculture
By Vandana Shiva

In its submission for a review of TRIPs by the World Trade Organisation, the Government of India has argued that patents on life should be excluded. However, domestically it is introducing such patents through the Patent Amendment Act, thus ...

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