The Hindu
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The Hindu is a leading English-language newspaper in India, with its largest base of circulation in south India. It is over 125 years old. Founded in 1878 by Subramanya Aiyer, it was later headed by a co-founder, Veeraraghavachariar. Kasturi Iyengar, the legal adviser of the newspaper from 1895, bought it in 1905. Since then his family has retained ownership of the paper. The two basic priciples on which the founders flagged the newspaper were fairness and justice. Headquartered at Chennai (formerly called Madras), The Hindu was published weekly since 1878 and daily since 1889. The Hindu ... More » (Source: Wikipedia)
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Newspaper
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Very large audience (1M or more) (English)
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International
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Left
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Ezra Fox
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Aug 21, 2006 - 3:03 PM PDT
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Destabilising step: Pakistan
INS Arihant, India’s newly inducted nuclear-powered submarine, has drawn a sharp reaction from Pakistan.Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Why the United States got it wrong
It is worth learning this: Al-Qaeda was the biggest beneficiary of the “response” of the United States to 9/11 alongside U.S. corporations. America’s “War on Terror” ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
One emotional, incandescent moment
The impact of Barack Obama’s win on the sentiments and aspirations of millions of Americans from the minorities, particularly African Americans, is enormous and impossible ...Posted by Subramanya Sastry -
Metro terrorism
The serial bombings in Ahmedabad and Bangalore, which have taken a toll of over 50 lives and injured more than 150 people, form part of a sequence of attacks that have ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Dastardly attack
The resurgent Islamist movement, which is vigorously pursuing a policy of destabilisation on both sides of the Durand Line, would always fancy a strike against the assets of a ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Managing Pakistan-U.S. relations
Supporting military rulers and simultaneously passing legislation that requires the U.S. President to certify that Pakistan is making progress in its democratic evolution ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Will war lead to peace in Sri Lanka?
Sri Lanka's phoney peace is over. By abrogating the Ceasefire Agreement (CFA) with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, the Sri Lankan government has finally proclaimed what ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Musharraf's second coup
The unanimous view is that Gen Musharraf took the drastic step of imposing Emergency in Pakistan because he was sure that the Supreme Court would give an adverse judgment on ...Posted by Subramanya Sastry -
Musharraf clamps emergency in Pakistan
Embattled President Pervez Musharraf on Satuday night clamped a state of emergency in Pakistan ahead of a crucial Supreme Court ruling on the legality of his re-election, ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Why we oppose the Indo-U.S. military ties
Since the 1990s, the U.S. government made overtures to the Indian Government for a military alliance. When the Bush administration came to power it wanted India to be a part ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala
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Scientists demand global action to preserve water
An international group of scientists from the US, India, China and Britain, in a declaration, have said that melting glaciers, weakening monsoon rains, less mountain snowpack ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Iran not producing weapon-grade uranium: IAEA
Iran has not converted the low-grade uranium that it has produced into weapon-grade uranium, inspectors belonging to the International Atomic Energy Agency have said. The ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Father matters
“I want my daughter to attend school but her father has to agree’, is a common reaction in most mothers that we come across,” Sudha Parthasarathy, Executive Director, ...Posted by Dale Penn -
Israeli troops surround Gaza city
Israel has begun reinforcing its forces in Gaza by sending its reservists into combat with the Palestinian group Hamas which is battling the invading force heading towards the ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Planning for inclusive development
Although the Indian economy is very large, its growth over the last 20 years was confined to only a small fraction of the population — catering to roughly 23 per cent of the ...Posted by Subramanya Sastry -
Pakistan and the Lashkar’s jihad in India
How events develop from here will settle the question of whether the Lashkar is, in fact, a non-state actor—or a covert instrument of the Pakistani state.Posted by Derek Hawkins -
The Mumbai that didn’t make the news
It may be because I’ve never lived in Mumbai, but when news of last week’s horrifying siege began to filter through on television and the internet, I found it hard to ...Posted by Subramanya Sastry -
Text of the PM's address to the nation
“Dear Citizens, The dastardly terror attacks that took place in Mumbai last night and today leading to the loss of many precious lives and injuries to many others have ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
International / India & World : “LTTE does not represent Tamil community”
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has counselled India and others concerned about the situation in the island country and welfare of Tamils to ‘perceive marginalisation of the LTTE in the ...Posted by swastik -
Crisis in the Caucasus
Georgia's adventurism in attacking and attempting brutally to take military control of the breakaway region of South Ossetia had zero chance of success, given the geopolitical ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala
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