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Saffron Senoritas lead TV charge -
Suman K Jha, ExpressBuzz
Smriti Irani leads the pack. The BJP Mahila Morcha (women’s wing) President and the youngest-ever woman member of Rajya Sabha is already a pro when it comes to television debates. She is, incidentally, also a much-in-demand “star campaigner” for the party.
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The curious case of the missing jewels -
Saritha Rai, Indian Express
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Rajasthan turns out to be the baap of Euro gypsies -
Kumar Chellappan, DNA
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A grand offering -
Namrata Rao, Financial Express
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In 48 hours, 10-storey Mohali building rises up into record books -
Indian Express
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Life of Pi storms China, kindles interest in Indian culture -
Ananth Krishnan, Hindu
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Online courses to change the education landscape -
Rajiv Rao, Business Standard
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Sanskrit-vanskrit -
Mayank Austen Soofi, Mint
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Amul’s gen-next farmers -
Harish Damodaran, Business Line
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Supercomputing: Deeper thought -
Economist
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Sun fuels hearth at Akshardham -
Times of India
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A four-star thriller -
Anirudh Bhattacharyya, Hindustan Times
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A future in three dimensions -
Devangshu Datta, Business Standard
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Good things from bad motives? -
Ajit Balakrishnan, Business Standard
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No more secret lives -
Michael Wines, NYT
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A metro ride from Vodafone to Micromax -
Ravi Teja Sharma, Economic Times
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Abe Lincoln as you’ve never heard him -
Charles McGrath, NYT
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Beginnings of Bionic -
Meghan Rosen, ScienceNews
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Aurobindo meets McDonalds -
Sudipto Pakrasi, Indian Express
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One man, one computer, 10 million students: How Khan Academy is reinventing education -
Michael Noer, Forbes
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The secret history of the Aeron chair -
Cliff Kuang, Slate
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Remembering Zafar, the last Mughal -
Kim Arora, Times of India
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Words formed from place-names -
VR Narayanaswami, Mint
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Netherlands highways will glow in the dark from mid-2013 -
Liat Clark, Wired
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The banana train -
Sandip Das, Financial Express
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Sweden wants your trash -
Sophia Jones, NPR
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 There was for years an old "social contract" between politicians and business. This provided for complex rules and regulations that made it impossible to do business honestly in many fields. But it was possible to do business dishonestly, through pay-offs . Some called this "efficient corruption" : politicians took money and delivered clearances. However, the anti-corruption mood of the courts, and new fears of getting caught (like Pawan Bansal) have ended "efficient corruption" . Politicians may still take money but not deliver on clearances , what some call "inefficient corruption" that freezes investment and growth. The old social contract has broken down.
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Split with Nitish will only boost BJP in Bihar -
K Balakrishnan, LensOnNews
WITH THE BJP seemingly decided on projecting Narendra Modi as its PM candidate and its close ally Nitish Kumar of JD(U) equally firm in his opposition to the idea, a split in the NDA alliance looks inevitable; most observers think it’s not a question of if, but when. |
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