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Just for defence
Oped, Postbag, Published on 10/06/2023
» Re: "Defence body eyes reform", (BP, June 2).
Now Thailand's turn
News, Postbag, Published on 09/11/2020
» In a democracy, incompetent and morally corrupt persons can be voted out of office. In Thailand they stay on and on and on because of coups and doubtful electoral laws which are made up and get interpreted arbitrarily, while political movements are suppressed and non-status quo parties get outlawed repeatedly.
Mount Everest 'traffic jam' needs action
News, Aditya Rana, Published on 02/06/2019
» In 1852, Bengali surveyor and mathematician Radhanath Sikhdar, who was employed by the British under the ambitious Trigonometrical Survey of Indian subcontinent project, proclaimed "Peak XV" as the highest point on Earth at 8,840 metres.