Nuclear hopes and fears
At the month-long conference at the UN to review the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT), the US, Russia, France, Britain and China made an ``unequivocal commitment'' to eliminate nuclear weapons.



Deja vu, didi style
It's been a long time since the Vajpayee government has been called upon to exercise its skills in managing sulks and tantrums.



Making a mockery of merit
The Constitution Ninetieth Amendment Bill had an easy passage during the last session of Parliament. Justifiably -- because it fulfilled a felt need to fill a backlog of vacancies in posts reserved for SCs and STs which could not be filled by direct recruitment for want of candidates belonging to these classes.



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