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Fund starved
The Parliamentary standing committee on health has strongly criticised the government for starving the health sector of much-needed funds. In its report on demand for grants for 2017-18, the committee noted that the allocation for the…
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Towards ensuring quality education
Ghanshyam Goel
The department of School Education & Literacy is taking several steps to make school education job-oriented and qualitative. The Department is implementing a component of Vocationalisation of Secondary & Higher…
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Showcasing air power
Air Marshal Matheswaran (Retd) and Bidanda Chengappa
Aero India2017: Aerospace is the dominant technology and if India aspires to have regional clout, it needs to become a major aerospace power.
Aero India is back again with its 11th…
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Hurdles in the way of digital transactions
Hamid Hashmi
With demonetisation,the government has sown the seeds of a cashless economy.In February 2016,the Government of India approved the guidelines for promoting payments through cards and digital means.There has been a massive uptick…
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Rohingya refugees
Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has been on records over the presence of Myanmar refugees in Jammu and Kashmir and now the district administration too has vouched for their existence in Jammu. What was seen in earlier days the Bangladeshis…
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Martyred cause
Like every year when India was paying tributes to Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru on March 23, in Pakistan ignoring threats issued by a section of extremists, scores of people assembled at Lahore's Fawara Chowk to attend the main event…
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China’s Ghost cities: Remnants of rapid urbanisation
Makhan Saikia
Today, the 'ghost cities', which are created as a symbol of the urbanisation drive are earmarked by two prominent indicators: One, future supply and demand ratio and the other, measuring oversupply or undersupply against…
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Focus on comparative edge
Ranajoy Sen
India-us bilateraltrade: There is a need for both countries to identify areas where they enjoy or develop comparative advantage in international trad
When two countries confabulate for greater inter-state trade, they…
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Shift in power levers
Bhopinder Singh
China and the world: While China retains ties with isolated countries like North Korea, its proposition is equally seductive for historical foes like
There has been an undeniable increase in the Chinese strategic…
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Low-cost terror
The low-tech terror attack near the United Kingdom Parliament building should be an eye-opener for all especially when India has been reeling under the curse of the worst terrorism related incidents whether it is in Kashmir, Mumbai or in…
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