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Raghu Krishnan: Eye on Bengaluru mayor's seat, JD(S), Congress get cosy
Meanwhile, with 100 seats and a majority in the city council, the Bharatiya Janata Party might still sit in the Opposition
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Shooting for the moon
Ambition: damned if you do, damned if you don't
Desh Gaurav Chopra Sekhri: The year of Serena
In a departure from tradition, the men are on the sidelines of this year's US Open, which promises to be one of the most historical events in the history of tennis
Devangshu Datta: The politics of the Census
For a country with a huge atheist vote bank, relatively few claim to be irreligious
T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan: Economists and the Constitution
Article 19(1)(C) of the Constitution guarantees a right that is holding back rapid industrialisation
The burden of long-term returns
Why the tough journey of sticking with the Sensex takes patience and courage
5 reasons why Indian markets continue to fall
Indian markets have continued their downward spiral, driven by both global factors and domestic pressures
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Adam Roberts: The neglect of health in India
A survey of India's children highlights worrying trends in malnutrition, immunisation and access to health facilities. What is needed is a strong debate of India's health policy and, of course, greate
Martin Feldstein: Will Americans become poorer?
True rise in US real incomes was actually faster than official statistics imply
A difficult case
Questions about Competition Commission's investigation of Google
Misplaced priorities
Why is govt staying in airlines but ignoring health care?
Shyam Saran: A transformed global economic landscape
The 2007-08 global financial crisis continues to alter the world's economic scenario, argues the writer in the first instalment of a two-part series
Shyam Saran: Adapting to the demands of advanced markets
To prevent being pushed to the margins of the global economy, Indian industry needs to benchmark itself against the best in the world, argues the writer in the concluding instalment of the series
When will politicians get their Bihar agenda right?
Across political parties, leaders have failed to tap the three key resources Bihar has: water, land, and people
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The wrong way to fix government schools
Solution is not to force people with power to participate in government schools, but, to grant power to the people who already do
A Gary Shilling: Will oil cause the next recession?
Plummeting prices of the commodity could trigger deflation, resulting in lower prices of goods and hence little economic growth. Oil-exporting nations are obviously the big losers. A Federal Reserve r