April 12, 2008

• Black and White
  14 April 2008, by SC
  As we go to press news has come that the Supreme Court, in its verdict on the 27 per cent reservation for OBCs in central educational institutions, including the IIMs and IITs, has upheld the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation on  (...)
• Tackling Narcotics in Myanmar, US Style
  14 April 2008, by Benjamin Todd
  Washington is currently focussing attention on the situation with regard to drug production in Myanmar. By this it is trying to meet several objectives: first, exaggerating the scale of Myanmarese “narco threat†and ignoring the steps taken by  (...)
• Cluster Bombs—Is it Possible to Ban this Cruel Weapon?
  14 April 2008, by Bharat Dogra
  In the killing fields of Iraq or Afghanistan, Bosnia or Lebnon one weapon which has proved particularly cruel in claming lives and maiming people for a long time is the weapon called cluster bomb or cluster munitions.
  A cluster bomb is a weapon  (...)
• Dismal Experience of NREGA : Lessons for the Future
  14 April 2008, by Ruddar Datt
  The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act came into force on February 2, 2006 and was implemented in 200 of India’s most backward districts. The Ministry of Rural Development described it as a revolutionary measure to transform the rural  (...)
• 2008 Russian Elections and the Future Scenario
  14 April 2008, by Debidatta Aurobinda Mahapatra
  The Russian presidential elections in March 2008 and their results did not come as a surprise to Russia watchers. Expectedly Dmitry Anatolevich Medvedev, the candidate backed by President Vladimir Putin, won an overwhelming majority, that is,  (...)
• Ambedkar’s Work and Mission
  14 April 2008, by C. Sheela Reddy
  On April 14, 2008 falls the 117th birth anniversary of Babasaheb Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar. To mark the occasion we are publishing the following article.
  Some people are born great, some have greatness thrust upon them and some achieve  (...)
• Documenting Nandigram
  14 April 2008, by D. Bandyopadhyay
  BOOK REVIEW
  1. Nandigram and Beyond by Gautam Ray (ed.); Sangehil, Kolkata; January 2008; pages 223; price: Rs 395.
  2. Nandigram: What Really Happened: Report of the People’s Tribunal on Nandigram; Daanish Books, Delhi; December 2007; pages  (...)
• Tibet and Indian Diplomacy
  14 April 2008, by Nikhil Chakravartty
  In the hurly-burly of day-to-day politics, Tibet has receded quite a distance in our horizon. Even when we talk about the political environment in our neighbourhood, Tibet rarely figures in it.
  In the discussions with the Chinese, whether in  (...)
• Taiwan’s Presidential Election and the Future of Cross-Strait Relations
  14 April 2008, by Janardan Sahu
  The fourth presidential election for the post of President of the Republic of China on Taiwan was held on March 22, 2008. Ma Ying-jeou and his running mate, Vincent Siew of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) candidates scored a landslide  (...)
• P.C. Joshi : Organiser of Historic Movements
  14 April 2008, by Anil Rajimwale
  [(On April 14 this year the birth centenary celebrations of P.C. Joshi, the legendary Communist leader and General Secretary of the undivided CPI (1935-48) in one of the most momentous periods of the communist movement in India, will come to an  (...)

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