editorial article

Mayuri Mukherjee In Afghanistan's long drawn out transition process to peace and stability, this year has been particularly crucial. Western troops who have held the country together over the past decade and a half are now wrapping up…
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Saikat Majumdar Protests by about 80,000 students in Italy this October have sent a clear message to their government. They don't want a university education that merely trains them for the job market. In overwhelming numbers, they have…
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Gautam Mukherjee While the Modi Government may want to provide housing and toilets for all by 2022, and launch 100 Smart Cities shortly, the housing sector today is both in an unregulated mess and in dire financial straits. Two things…
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Joginder Singh Thanks to the constant prodding of the Supreme Court, the Union Government submitted a list of 627 Indians with foreign bank accounts on 29th October. This was to show that the Government was serious about recovering black…
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Ashok K Mehta If one were to believe television debates orchestrated by some misguided anchors on both sides of the Line of Control, India and Pakistan came pretty close to war following the 10-day long localised firing of small arms and…
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Sandhya Jain The Election Commission of India's announcement of poll to the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, even as the Chief Minister was pleading for postponement in view of September's natural calamity, and the Supreme Court's startling…
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MANZOOR A. NAIK Guru Nanak was born in A.D 1469 at a small village named Talwandi Rai Bhoe, a place situated thirty five miles to the south-west of Lahore. The same place is now called Nankana Sahib. It is said that as the years passed…
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G Parthasarathy Just over a year ago, Nawaz Sharif was swept back to power, prompting expectations that he would tackle the country's security and economic crises, and improve relations with India. But, one year is an eternity in the…
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Shiv Kumar Padha There is an entertainment serial 'Entrtainmentkeliyekuchhbhikarega' playing on Soni TV channel which starts with the disclaimer " the Acts, feats, stunts and somersaults in the serial are performed by the experts. The…
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Ashwani Mahajan The Centre has initiated a process for forming a committee which will decide policy rate of interest in the country. This is slated to be a big ticket change; as so far this power rests with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).…
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