Editorial

India's growing solar capacity has got United Nations' appreciation when UN Chief Antonio Guterres said the world is moving towards a green economy at a time when "unprecedented" climate change is posing a threat to development. Renewable…
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 Shambhu Nath Chaudhary Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) has come a long way since its inception and has become a lifeline to millions. The Act was notified on 7th September, 2005 to provide minimum of 100…
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RK Pachauri Climate sceptics, who follow the strategy of creating doubt in the minds of the public to stall action for reducing emissions of GHGs, need to be asked: What if the scientific community of the world is right? The International…
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Claude Arpi China is pressing India to jump on board the mega One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative. The Global Times recently complained: "New Delhi has yet to sign up for the OBOR, and has claimed that there is a sovereignty issue with the…
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Once again Pakistan raising the Kashmir bogey saying issue be resolved according to aspirations of Kashmiris shows how much is the neighbour obsessed with it. In the same breath it wants to have a 'good relationship' with India and resolve…
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Who are the parties for an out of Court settlement as far as Ram Temple in Ayodhya is concerned? The dispute has dragged since the demolition of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya in 1992. As far as the Supreme Court stand is concerned asking the…
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Navneet Anand So confident were they of the victory of Hillary Clinton in the US presidential election that the sweep by Donald J Trump sent shockwaves among opinion-makers. From journalists to political scientists, TV debaters, social…
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Shiv Kumar PADHA These days some committed electronic and print media and the nation's surveillance agencies have been unveiling the true faces of many of our politicians day in and day out. The covetousness and selfishness of our…
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nKALYANI SHANKAR The new slogan heard in Uttar Pradesh after the Gorakhnath Mutt head Adityanath Yogi took over as Chief Minister is, "Desh mein Modi, Pradesh mein Yogi". The choice of Yogi shows that the BJP (read RSS and VHP ) interprets…
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Post-Burhan Wani killing, Kashmir has seen a rise in youth joining terrorist rank and the Jammu and Kashmir Government has as usual been on denial mode. Government has taken this trend as a social malady and hardly there is any correctional…
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