Editorial

Nivedita Khandekar The girl from a tiny village Gosala near Vijayawada went on to become first woman graduate in the Vijayawada taluk thanks to her determination, her endless efforts at overcoming grim odds. As reported by The Hindu…
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M. M Khajooria 'The house arrest' of Hafiz Syed in Pakistan, who had since graduated from a strategic asset to full time high value collaborator did raise some eye brows. However ,this is not the first time that he has been so detained. He…
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  Dr. Vipulab Sharma Flowing water, depending upon the size is known by different names as brook, stream or river. Rivers constitute the life line system of any region. Without rivers life is not possible to exist. All the ancient as well…
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Though health care is one of the priority sectors among the nine pillars earmarked by the Central Government, the ailing sector nation-wide in general and in Jammu and Kashmir in particular is pathetic. The allurement of commission on…
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A posting by a 20-year-old college student on the Internet has become a political topic with each and everyone jumping into the controversy to get some mileage. She blamed war for her father's death a very wise statement. Through her…
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 Nivedita Khandekar Karimul Haque and Nivedita Bhide have nothing in common. Neither education, family background, resources at disposal nor even geographical location, but one thing that both have common is their willingness to serve.…
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Dr. Parveen Kumar, Dr. Anil Kumar  Extension services in the country have been by and large provided by the public agencies. This also included the state agriculture and allied departments with their field functionaries working at the…
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Balbir Punj  Very often, analysts tend to attribute rising incidents of attack on women to widespread poverty in the country or to illiteracy or to traditional Indian values which discriminate against women. If that were the case, the…
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Cross LoC trade has been in news for good or bad reasons in Jammu and Kashmir as the recent seizure of weapons from a truck intercepted at the entry point in Uri proves. This is nothing new, arms running by the cross-border truckers must be…
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Can it be possible to hold municipal committees responsible for deaths due to potholes on the roads? Not maybe. In fact, the Draft Road Transport Safety Bill, which the ministry prepared after death of former Minister Gopinath Munde, had…
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