current affairs 28 Fast Unto Death? Outlook examines the Jain practice of santhara which the Rajasthan High Court banned recently for being illegal, against which the Jain community is in protest 15 opinion Saba Naqvi 18 poonch The Cross-Border Trap 20 rajya sabha State Elections Key to Numbers for NDA 26 Employee State Insurance A Benefit Capped Internat ional 44 The UAE Manoeuvre Narendra Modi yet again uses a foreign stage for his grandstanding while achieving little of substance Bus i n e ss 48 Business of Defence With the government having opened up defence to private participation, Anil Ambani begins serious exploration of the sector
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