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Nobel laureate Stiglitz predicts long recession for USJoseph Stiglitz, who won the 2001 Nobel prize for economics, said on Tuesday that the United States faces a long recession. “We are in the midst of the worst crisis of the last century, and until we’ve reached the bottom we cannot climb back up,” he said. … [...]

Kandahar’s top female police officer killedTaliban gunmen killed the highest-ranking female police officer in Kandahar, targeting a prominent symbol of women’s rights under the new government. Lieutenant-Colonel Malalai Kakar, 41, was driving to work with her son Farhad, 18, when two insurgents on a motorbike opened fire on them. She was shot in the head [...]

Archbishop refuses moratorium on conversionsArchbishop of Delhi and president of National United Christian Forum Vincent Concessao on conversions with Karan Thapar “We serve because we are Christians. If they turn to us and accept our faith we are happy, but the purpose is not there. The purpose is our love for God has to be [...]

No interim peace deal with Israel, Saudi saysArab nations will totally reject any partial or interim solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict because historically such arrangements have become permanent, Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said. While supporting current Israeli-Palestinian negotiations to reach “a comprehensive final solution,” Prince Saud Al Faisal said “the least that we expect from [...]

Bomb hits New Delhi market, two killedA bomb exploded in a crowded market in New Delhi on Saturday, killing two people and wounding 22 others, police said. The government described it as an “act of terror”. Witness Raj Singh Daswal said he saw two men on a motorcycle drop a black plastic bag that was [...]

Failure of bank is a reason to rejoice – R Vaidyanathan The decline of the West is a pre-requisite for the emergence of India as a global power.    Send article as PDF   

Conflict over conversions by Ammu JosephAt a time when unacceptably large numbers of Indians continue to have no access to basic needs such as food and shelter, when too many have too little access to education and healthcare, and when there is extensive unemployment and economic exploitation, not to mention social exclusion, across the land [...]

Punjab to name district after Bhagat Singh Honouring freedom fighter Bhagat Singh, the Punjab government announced that a district in the state will be named after him. The announcement was made by Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal at a function at the ancestral village of the martyr to mark his 101st birth anniversary. Badal [...]

Jamia Millia Islamia offers legal aid to terrorist suspectsProfessor Mushirul Hasan and the Jamia Millia Islamia decides to provide legal defence to students who are involved in terrorism. Union Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh has supported the decision. Now, Sahmat, a New Delhi-based organisation in memory of activist-playwright Safdar Hashmi, has congratulated the Minister [...]

India, France to sign nuclear agreementPrime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday headed to France on a three-day visit that would bring India closer to Europe and seal a nuclear pact with Paris.    Send article as PDF