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India’s parliament at 60: Badly drawn
May 17th 2012, 3:05 from Print edition
A great institution shows a less attractive side(25)
Politics this week
May 17th 2012, 3:05 from Print edition(2)
Trade between India and Pakistan: New life on the border
May 10th 2012, 8:00 from Banyan
FOR decades, trade on the border between Pakistan and India has been moribund. New regulations should revitalise it - but might bring other changes too(1)
India’s balance of payments: The tail that wags the elephant
May 10th 2012, 3:06 from Print edition
India plays fast and loose with its balance of payments(21)
India and Pakistan: Clever steps at the border
May 10th 2012, 3:06 from Print edition
With little fanfare, two old rivals are mending trade relations. They must do more(62)
Asian missiles: Rocket salad
Apr 26th 2012, 3:02 from Print edition
India and Pakistan show off their nuclear-capable missiles(58)
Politics this week
Apr 12th 2012, 3:07 from Print edition(3)
India and Pakistan: Working lunch
Apr 12th 2012, 3:07 from Print edition
A quietly useful summit between two fractious neighbours(35)
The Economist: Digital highlights, April 7th 2012
Apr 7th 2012, 3:10 from Newsbook
Items from the digital highlights page(0)
India’s opposition: Big Joke Party
Mar 29th 2012, 3:03 from Print edition
The opposition BJP should be gaining more from Congress’s difficulties(55)
Sri Lanka reacts to the UN: Nationalists do protest
Mar 27th 2012, 12:18 from Banyan
Supporters of the government rally against the judgment at Geneva(80)
Self-immolation in India: Frighteningly common
Mar 26th 2012, 4:20 from Banyan
RUNNING in a ball of flames for some 50 metres, Jampa Yeshi, a Tibetan in his late-20s, screamed and then collapsed in front of a crowd of journalists and fellow protesters gathered near India’s parliament, in Delhi. It was early afternoon on March 26th as several hundred Tibetans held placards, some proclaiming that “Tibet is burning”, while calling for freedom for their countrymen across the northern border. They tried to beat out the flames on the young man’s body, then police rushed him to hospital.(509)
The week ahead: March 23rd 2012: Some reforms necessary
Mar 23rd 2012, 12:32 from Newsbook
OBAMA'S health-care reform reaches the Supreme Court, the Pope visits Cuba, South Africa joins the BRICS, and Spain (probably) goes on strike(0)
Indian politics: Unfinished journey
Mar 22nd 2012, 4:10 from Print edition
Stalled reforms, slower growth, and a crop of aged, dithering politicians all bode ill for India’s fortunes(29)
India’s budget: Unbalanced
Mar 16th 2012, 4:10 from Banyan
Can India’s budget get the economic show back on the road?(48)
The week ahead: March 9th 2012: Beef over trade
Mar 9th 2012, 10:16 from Newsbook
THE first anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown in Japan, India's new budget, America's trade deal with South Korea, and David Cameron's trip to Washington, DC(1)
Banyan: The Buddha and the tigress
Mar 8th 2012, 4:00 from Print edition
In Tibet, self-destruction has become the latest form of defiance(696)
Oil and the world economy: The new grease?
Mar 8th 2012, 4:00 from Print edition
How to assess the risks of a 2012 oil shock(68)
India’s state elections: A welcome slap in the face
Mar 8th 2012, 4:00 from Print edition
After India’s equivalent of mid-term elections, prospects dim for Congress and economic reform. But Indian democracy is in rude health(60)
State elections in India: A million mutinies again
Mar 6th 2012, 10:47 from Banyan
Limp performances by both India’s ruling Congress party and its main opposition, the BJP, as regional figures thrive(43)
Elections in Mumbai: Gluttons for punishment
Feb 23rd 2012, 5:07 from Print edition
India’s commercial hub fails to turf its lousy local government out of office(0)
Local elections in Mumbai: Gluttons for punishment
Feb 20th 2012, 7:55 from Banyan
An unfocused sense of frustration was no match for the city's right-wing government(13)
Foreign policy: State of vulnerability
Feb 9th 2012, 4:02 from Print edition
Threatened by India, betrayed by America, Pakistan casts a lovelorn eye at China(1)
Pakistan’s army and the law: The men in black v the men in green
Feb 9th 2012, 4:02 from Print edition
In daring to take on Pakistan’s army, the Supreme Court is striking a blow for the rule of law(66)
Politics in India: UP, down, sideways
Feb 2nd 2012, 4:03 from Print edition
A series of state elections have national bearing(36)