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Tilting the balance
Whatever may be the controversy over the conduct of Assembly elections and the budget presentation one thing is certain that the outcome of such an exercise surely may not alter by much the arithmetic in the Rajya Sabha this year, but the…
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Sports and ethics
Vivek Koul
Among the different sub disciplines of philosophy that are worked by philosophers of sport, in the last decade there is little doubt that the sub field "ethics of sports" has seen the most growth and activity. Typically the…
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BJP ditched West Pakistan Refugees
Mahadeep Singh Jamwal
After gaining independence from the British in 1947, the State of Pakistan was physically separated into two enclaves, with the western and eastern wings separated from each other by the Republic of India. In 1970,…
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Majestic Mansrovar
G.L. Khajuria
There comes a moment in life when renouncing all worldly possessions, adjuring all family ties, the Hindu of the highest intellectual eminence and reconginised social possessions will delight in making the pilgrimage to…
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United opposition
Though the budget session of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly began on Monday with the ceremonial Governor's Address to the House, the emergence of a united opposition ahead of it coming out of 'forced circumstances' is something new for the…
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Poll funding
Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking political parties on Saturday to shed their resistance to the push for transparency in campaign finance is strengthening the growing estimate that the government is working on a package for measures to…
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Transmogrification of ‘demonetisation story’ to ‘cashless story’
Mahadeep Singh Jamwal
Rural population is left in worse off conditions. We should not get carried away by the visions of a cashless society and proceed with caution. Now, this will mean that people will have to make e-payments in matters of…
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Lack of consistency erodes credibility of Kashmiri politicians
S.NARINDER SINGH
Indian politicians are seldom serious about problems confronted to the people. Instead, they always hunt for some issues, big or small, to bake their political bread and derive mileage out of these. They have…
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Tulsi – a wonder herb
G.L KHAJURIA
Tulsi or 'Holy Basil', as we say with reverence is a wonderful herb of its magnanimous and multitudinal medicinal importance. This 'Holy Basil' botanically is nomenclarised as 'ocimum sanctum' (Lenn) and belongs to ' Labiatae'…
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New Year gift
The advent of 2016 saw Union Government rolling out 'free diagnostics' scheme for common man's health. At that the health ministry has written to all states asking them to start providing a basket of essential services free to patients…
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