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Tonne differences

The Indian Express
Friday 10 July, 2009

Citizens of the United States of America, the world’s largest economy, emit 20 tonnes of carbon dioxide per capita every year.

Separate tracks

The Indian Express
Friday 10 July, 2009

Lalu Prasad’s RJD may have been returned to Lok Sabha as a far trimmer contingent this summer, but the party has not lost its argumentative vigour. A debate on the Rail Budget...

Google vs MS

The Indian Express
Friday 10 July, 2009

This could be good news; this could be bad news, depending on where one stands vis-à-vis this clash of the Titans. That Google is developing its own operating system...

What to know

The Indian Express
Thursday 09 July, 2009

In Republic, Plato describes the perfect society, with a guardian class protecting the City. But who, it is asked, will “guard the guards?” That is the very question that those calling for judicial accountability ask.

Funding finding

The Indian Express
Thursday 09 July, 2009

There is little doubt that Indian public finances are seeing stress that they haven’t for a while. The combined deficit — of both Central and state governments...

Also in China

The Indian Express
Thursday 09 July, 2009

The China Beijing would like the world to see is one of measured modernisation. Thus, when the president of the country, Hu Jintao, is whisked away from international obligations ...

Just say it

The Indian Express
Wednesday 08 July, 2009

There are aspects to this pragmatic-reformist Budget that don’t make sense. Its rhetorical shyness is one such. Yes, the purpose of the Union Budget...

Percentage scare

The Indian Express
Wednesday 08 July, 2009

In a repeat performance of the imposition of the percentile system on Maharashtra’s junior colleges just a couple of days before the display of admissions lists last year...

A midsummer day’s promise

The Indian Express
Tuesday 07 July, 2009

In what is a sensible, pragmatic document, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has pushed forward an agenda of achievable reform.

Exemptions, inclusions

The Indian Express
Tuesday 07 July, 2009

Tucked away in the Budget proposals is an intriguing line on election funding.

Cross connection

The Indian Express
Monday 06 July, 2009

Some questions have no easy answers. What to do, for instance, when a high court judge...

Watch each rupee

The Indian Express
Monday 06 July, 2009

The Union Budget is to be presented today, and there is every expectation that the UPA...

His own court

The Indian Express
Monday 06 July, 2009

In a weekend of superlatives at Wimbledon, Leander Paes held his own.

Double gauge

The Indian Express
Friday 03 July, 2009

In a speech to the Lok Sabha that was punctuated not only by applause and jeers but also by some..

Not smooth

The Indian Express
Friday 03 July, 2009

The disruption of Parliament over the fuel price hike was a mark not just of the lack of responsibility....

Suitable sequel

The Indian Express
Friday 03 July, 2009

When a Suitable Boy was published more than 15 years ago to a register of its excesses (around 1400 pages, more than a million dollars gained in advances...