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Speeding with the mobile
Getting from zero to a hundred million customers in ten years is a speed few products or services have attained. What the mobile telephone sector has recorded is even more commendable considering that the telecommunications arena has not seen ...

Navigating the difficult road ahead
The recently stalled negotiations between India and ASEAN on the proposed free trade agreement represent more than a temporary setback. A planned meeting of the two sides on May 29 that was meant to take the negotiations forward did not take ...

Leader Page Articles
STATECRAFT
Reclaiming the public imagination
By Harish Khare

Disquieting impressions are gaining ground. If these are not corrected, Manmohan Singh might be inviting dangerous challenges, not just to himself but to the interests of the Indian state.

News Analysis
Will an Indian be the next U.N. chief?
By Siddharth Varadarajan

In nominating Shashi Tharoor as its candidate for the top U.N. job, India is taking a gamble. The payoff in terms of international visibility is potentially high while the cost of defeat is low, but only if the game is played properly.

Who gets to vote?
IF INDIA drops its proposal of having the General Assembly consider a slate of three candidates, then the next Secretary-General will be chosen by the 15 countries who are members of the Security Council. Members likely to back Tharoor from ...

The election procedure
UNDER THE Wisnumurti Guidelines — which built upon a transparent procedure first put in place in 1991 by Chinmaya R. Gharekhan when as India's Permanent Representative to the U.N. and President of the Security Council he oversaw the ...

Focus on life in the urban sprawl
By Kalpana Sharma

The World Urban Forum is looking at sustainable growth of the world's cities.

Omega 3 case is made but there is just not enough
By George Monbiot

THE MORE it is tested, the more compelling the hypothesis becomes. Dyslexia, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), dyspraxia, and other neurological problems seem to be associated with a deficiency of Omega 3 fatty acids, especially in ...

Corrections and Clarifications
In "`We are trying to build an inclusive society'" (Op-Ed, June 17, 2006), an interview with M. Veerappa Moily, a reader disputes Mr. Moily's answer to a question. Mr. Moily had said: "... [The] Massachusetts Institute of Technology has ...

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