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| Endless bounty |
| Agriculture needs better planning and more investment |
| Neglect of agriculture has been chronic in Indian government policy-making since the Eighties. Crop production is still highly dependent on the rains. While ground water and its overuse helped (especially with foodgrains) production for a few years, ... |
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| Staying put |
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| PEERLESS RECORD |
| Calcuttans are resigned to self-professed trade unionists thronging the streets and bringing city life to a standstill. These...|
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| PEOPLE’S PRINCESS |
| Tradition is always double-edged — life-affirming for some, ridiculous to others. How modern democracies treat their royalty ...|
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| With god on their side |
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“Yes, I am a Christian and I love my Jesus,” says Harold Ford, Jr. to his Tennessee audience as he campaigns to become the fi... | Read.. |
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| Peace in Nepal in sight |
| The peace process in Nepal has inched very close to a solution. The Maoists have extended the ceasefire by another three months, citing progress in the peace talks. There was ... |
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| Promises made and kept |
| The existing target on developing decent and productive work for youth, now under Millennium Development Goal 8, would be encompassed by the new target. Technical work to sele... |
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‘Does the road wind up-hill all the way?’/ ‘Yes, to the very end.’/ ‘Will the day’s journey take the whole day?’/ ‘From morn to night, my friend.’
— CHRISTINA ROSSETTI
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