Archive for August, 2010

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Cyber Power JOSEPH NYE of the Harvard University avers that the low price of entry, anonymity and asymmetries in vulnerability meant that smaller actors had greater...

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Pareto

Pareto

1. State of Macroeconomic Models in India The Planning Commission has put up an amazing report explaining the various macro models used for eleventh plan. In the...

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The mysterious Sarasvati

The mysterious Sarasvati

In 2003, the Union Minister for Tourism and Culture, Jagmohan, sanctioned Rs 80 million to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to search for the river Sarasvati....

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In Parliament

In Parliament

The sixth parliamentary session during the UPA government’s second term is being held between July 26 and August 27. The government managed to fulfil only a small...

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The taxman goes global

The taxman goes global

The G-20, comprising 85 percent of the global GDP, 80 percent of world trade, and two-thirds of the global population has become an important international economic...

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Inflation is the tip of the iceberg

Inflation is the tip of the iceberg

It has become commonplace to see many senior government officials confidently predict a double-digit growth rate for the Indian economy in the near future. They...

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Charge Sheet

Charge Sheet

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Alif

Alif

Twitter trouble CNN had sacked Octavia Nasr, its senior editor for Middle Eastern affairs, for condoling the passing away of Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah (whom many...

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From post-war to post-conflict

From post-war to post-conflict

A year after the military defeat of the LTTE, Sri Lanka is faced with the challenge of moving from its current post-war state to a post-conflict one.  This entails...

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A lot more than a border

A lot more than a border

Pallavi Aiyar, currently Business Standard’s correspondent in Brussels, spent six years in China as an English teacher and as a correspondent of The Hindu. Her...

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