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India's growing space launch prowess
Just 18 minutes after the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota, it deposited the 1,560 kg Cartosat-1, India's 13th remote sensing satellite, and then Hamsat, which weighs a mere 42 ...

Mamata's moment of reckoning
The split in the All India Trinamool Congress marks the inevitable decline of a party that for the most part masked its lack of performance in melodrama and sound effects. Mamata Banerjee's party seemed headed for a division ever since it was ...

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A boycott call shakes up British academia
By Hasan Suroor

The decision by Britain's premier Association of University Teachers to enforce an academic boycott of Israel has evoked mixed reactions.

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A prelude to the main battle
By V. Jayanth

The two upcoming Assembly byelections in Tamil Nadu have a significance beyond the normal.

A peep into history
By Amit Baruah

Nine years before Pokhran-I, the Americans believed that India would go nuclear.

An almost irreversible process
Najam Sethi, Editor-in-Chief ofThe Friday TimesandThe Daily Times, and his wife Jugnu Mohsin, Publisher and Managing Editor of the weekly newspaper, represent the independent and courageous face of Pakistani journalism. They have been described as "e qual opportunity offenders" because they have boldly fought corruption and ineptitude by governments whether elected or unelected. Ardent advocates of détente and friendship with India, Najam and Jugnu were in Chennai recently. An interview with Naja m Sethi byKesava MenonandNirupama Subramanian:

When will Tony Blair step down?
By Jackie Ashley

The British Labour Party cannot afford to erode its base in the country any further.

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