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IN CONSUMER INTEREST
CONSUMERS HAVE BENEFITTED enormously from the policy of deregulation and technological change in telecom in recent years. Tariffs have tumbled and value-added services have multiplied. Ask consumers, however, if they have chosen the tariff plan ...

SIGNIFICANCE OF SHAHEEN - II
THE RECENT TEST of Shaheen-II, Pakistan's latest and most modern missile, extends that country's strategic reach to all of India. In 1999, soon after India first flew its all-solid Agni-II missile with a range of over 2,000 km, Pakistan responded ...

Leader Page Articles
Health checkup
By Jean Drèze

As a ratio of GDP, public expenditure on health in India is among the lowest in the world — about one per cent.

Greater Middle East Initiative
By Chinmaya R. Gharekhan

While the GME initiative has generated an internal debate in the Arab world on the need for change, it can become counterproductive if the Americans attempt to impose 'dangerous' concepts.

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