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China’s Eunuchs or Spain’s Kings? -
TK Arun, Economic Times
Between 1405 and 1433, Ming emperor Zhu Di despatched Admiral Zheng He on seven naval expeditions with the largest ships then known to mankind. These ranged far and wide and brought back treasure, strange animals and knowledge of the world’s peripheries to the Middle Kingdom. But Chinese court politics, a twisted battle between palace eunuchs and court mandarins, discontinued these voyages and, by 1525, destroyed all ocean-going ships.
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Zero for DRDO -
Bharat Karnad, Deccan Chronicle
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India must keep talking, while building more border roads -
Business Standard
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China: Army is testy in west, navy in east -
Edward Luttwak, ET
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Too careful regulation breeds too many crooks -
Nirmal Jain, ET
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Get real, and draw the line in Aksai chin -
Economic Times
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Court at crossroads -
Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Indian Express
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China in Ladakh - A frozen state takes time to react to an aggression -
Tarun Vijay, Times of India
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Dressed-up secularism -
Minhaz Merchant, Times of India
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Anarchy and hegemony -
Robert D Kaplan, Stratfor
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An Amdavadi’s response to Zahir -
Arpit Raval, CentreRightIndia
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Saradha scam and media’s duplicity -
Kanchan Gupta, Niti Central
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Jet-Etihad deal: Why it reeks of crony capitalism -
R Jagannathan, FirstPost
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Chits are not cheats -
TK Arun, Economic Times
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Protect internet users from DoT's bad tax idea -
Ajay Shah, Economic Times
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That ’62 feeling -
KC Singh, Deccan Chronicle
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The costs of political immaturity -
Business Standard
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Is Indian Army prepared to fight a war? -
Pravin Sawhney, Pioneer
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Answer to China’s muscle power -
Yogendra Narain, NewIndianExpress
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Bold and brazen China -
Pioneer
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Government shouldn’t be handing out tablets in place of education -
Times of India
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Jet-Etihad deal and the national interest -
PR Sanjai, Mint
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Bilateral rights, multilateral impact -
Ajay Prasad, Financial Express
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A ghost from CBI’s past -
SK Sinha, Asian Age
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Raja exposes PM on 2G Spectrum scam -
Pioneer
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Corruption stalled India's economy -
Economic Times
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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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