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No end in sight to India's slow-motion bank crisis
News, Mihir Sharma, Published on 01/03/2017
» India's slow-moving banking crisis continues to drag on, as ponderous and unstoppable as the state-controlled banking sector itself. A recent study found that the gross "non-performing assets" of state banks rose by 55% in 2016, and 135% in the last two years. They now account for 11% of all state bank loans.
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Senate lucky draw idea is huge gamble
News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 01/03/2017
» One can only hope that a proposal to use a lucky draw as a means of choosing 200 members of a new ultra-powerful Senate is just a joke, intending to give us temporary relief from depressing political and economic realities. Otherwise, luck will become a determining factor in the future of our Upper House and our country.
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Life is everywhere in the universe
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 01/03/2017
» Only 39 light-years away, astronomers have found seven planets circling a very small "red dwarf" star called Trappist-1. All seven are in or near what we call the "Goldilocks zone": not too hot, not too cold, but just right for water to remain liquid on the planet. So we all speculate once again, but a little more bravely this time, about whether some of these planets might be home to life.
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Fingerprint plan flawed
News, Editorial, Published on 01/03/2017
» The well-intentioned, indeed necessary military campaign to prevent bomb attacks in the deep South has taken a curious turn. The 4th Army for years has taken a variety of steps, some more effective than others, to stop separatist bombs. The most common terrorist-type bomb is one detonated from a distance by a mobile phone call.
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Making Thai Buddhism relevant again
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 01/03/2017
» So the Dhammakaya Temple is a cult. So its leader reportedly claims to be a doomsday saviour who takes rich donors on a tour to heaven to see the Buddha. So it teaches its followers to buy premium spaces in heaven by donating to the temple. So its doctrine on the permanence of self is against Buddhism. So what?
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Money speaks loudest
News, Postbag, Published on 01/03/2017
» Re: "Mahakan demolition to go ahead", (BP, Feb 28).
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