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    Editorials
    Cooperating for the right purposes
    India and Japan appear to be placing undue emphasis on their common quest for permanent membership in the United Nations Security Council as they explore the scope for expanding bilateral cooperation. As the joint statement issued at the end of ...

    A notable step forward on VAT
    The agreement reached by 21 States, which have adopted the value added tax (VAT) regime in place of State sales tax, to converge their rates on some essential items marks a notable step forward in implementing the much-delayed reform. The ...

    Leader Page Articles
    It is not an easy alternative
    By Vidya Subrahmaniam

    Thanks to the numbers game, there has never been a genuine Indian third alternative. If the United Progressive Alliance Government goes, the allies will be worse off.

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    News Analysis
    The return of the swayamsevak
    By Harish Khare

    Now that Mr. Vajpayee is no longer Prime Minister he has no hesitation in asserting his RSS links.

    Russia bolsters role in West Asia
    By Vladimir Radyuhin

    President Putin has shown that despite its limited resources Moscow will not let Washington define the political landscape of West Asia.

    Discrimination against Dalits
    By Mari Marcel Thekaekara

    The appointment of two U.N. Special Rapporteurs could strengthen the struggle to end caste-based discrimination.

    Bandung to Jakarta: Afro-Asian solidarity
    By V.R. Krishna Iyer

    Manmohan Singh's recent call for horizontal globalisation can prove a rallying cry.

    CAPITAL TALK
    The stalling of Parliament
    By Inder Malhotra

    To make the nation's apex legislature totally dysfunctional is a remedy infinitely worse than the disease it is supposed to cure.

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