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    Scrap the scheme
    Just seven days after a sting operation exposed 11 MPs in a cash-for-questions racket, another undercover investigation has caught seven more parliamentarians discussing kickbacks with television reporters for handing out contracts under the ...

    Keeping the Doha round alive
    A significant achievement of the just concluded Hong Kong ministerial meet of the WTO may well be the unanimous approval of the draft text by all 149-member countries. Yet such unanimity, while welcome from the point of view of keeping alive ...

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    How rational is a ban on smoking in movies?
    By Madhu Purushothaman

    Responsible for millions of deaths worldwide, tobacco use is certainly the most important preventable public health problem in the world today. Banning smoking in movies takes the public health battle to the doorsteps of not only the tobacco industry , but also the film industry.

    News Analysis
    "India should be involved in peace process"
    By V.S. Sambandan

    Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapakse is keen on a key role for India in the peace process and rebuilding along with the U.S., the EU, Japan, and Norway.

    Is it the birth of a new era in Bolivia?
    By R. Viswanathan

    This is the first time a full-blooded Indian has become President of the country.

    Melting permafrost threatens homes and roads
    By David Adam

    A major change in climate is expected by the end of the century.

    Focus on the farm sector
    By S. Nagesh Kumar

    The Ramachenna Reddy panel report highlights the dangers of neglecting the agriculture sector in Andhra Pradesh.

    A risk of global collapse
    By Dylan Evans

    IS IT possible that global civilisation might collapse within our lifetime or that of our children? Until recently, such an idea was the preserve of lunatics and cults. In the past few years, however, an increasing number of intelligent and ...

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