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Editorials
Girding up for a pandemic
Tragically, a 14-year-old Pune schoolgirl has become the first person in India to succumb to the swine-origin H1N1 flu virus that is responsible for the current pandemic. But this is no cause for panic because the death does not mean the ...

Deficiencies in governance
The acrimonious dispute between the Ambani brothers has turned the spotlight on the deficiencies of governance in the natural gas sector. Petroleum Minister Murli Deora’s assertion in Parliament that the government will endeavour to ...

Leader Page Articles
Concern over a pernicious agreement
By Ashok Parthasarathi

The End-Use Monitoring Agreement with the U.S. seriously compromises India’s national security, and no other country has imposed such a requirement on India. It must not go through.

News Analysis
Lessons from an atomic catastrophe
By N.S. Sisodia

Let Hiroshima’s tragic past not be the world’s future.

Argument for a maximum wage
By Andrew Simms

The maximum wage is not just for equality; it helps firms — and big earners — to function happily.

U.S. prepares clampdown on texting drivers
By Ewen MacAskill

The Obama administration on Tuesday signalled a nationwide clampdown on people who send text messages while driving, a practice cited as the cause of a recent series of high-profile fatal crashes. The Transport Secretary, Ray Mr. ...

OUT OF LONDON
A lucrative industry built on hype
By Hasan Suroor

Study found that organic food offered no extra benefit, much to the chagrin of its supporters

Corrections and clarifications
* * A PTI item “Bank staff to go on strike from tomorrow” (“Briefly”, August 5, 2009, page 1) said that employees of public sector banks across the country will go on a two-day nationwide strike from August 6. ...

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