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Bad days ahead
An Indian engineer was killed and two others injured when an American man opened fire on them after allegedly yelling "get out of my country", with the police calling it as a "possible hate crime". The shooting incident comes at a time when…
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‘Peace clause’ that brings prosperity
Uttam Gupta
Roberto Azevedo, Director General of World Trade Organisation (WTO), who was recently in Delhi to explore and understand India's perspective on issues for taking up in the 11th WTO ministerial scheduled for 11th to 14th…
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National health mission
V.SRINIVAS
The National Health Mission is India’s flagship health sector programme to revitalize rural and urban health sectors by providing flexible finances to State Governments. The National Health Mission comprises of 4 components…
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An inheritable malaise
Afroz Alam
Blind support to dynastic politics afflicts us all and underestimates not only democratic citizenship but also accountability.
Many of us were certain that the hyperbolic campaign of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the…
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Congress’s dwindling popularity
Prof Hari Om
Gone are the days when the local Congress leaders played an important role in their respective states and the central leadership supplemented their efforts. It was this perfect coordination and understanding between the…
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Strong arm needed
Instead of making an appeal to people in Kashmir to stay away from the place of encounters authorities in Jammu and Kashmir should have allowed the security forces to deal with terrorists and their supporters or sympathisers with a strong…
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Fake notes
The last November-midnight stroke to wean-out fake Indian currency from circulation looks has somewhere lost its steam. The way seizure of near-original currency talks about the desperation of Pakistan to pump-in the fake to keep its…
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Affordable health care
V.SRINIVAS
Health sector policy making is extremely challenging and complex. The backdrop for policy formulation are low public spending and high out of pocket expenditures. The out of pocket expenditure on health care as a proportion of…
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Idea of universal basic income
Kushan Mitra
The Indian Universal Basic Income, or UBI, is an idea that is now being discussed across the world, with Finland becoming the first large economy to contemplate it. Indeed, Kela, Finland's social security agency started a…
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Protecting language diversity in India
Pandurang Hegde
India is one of unique countries in the world that has the legacy of diversity of languages. The Constitution of India has recognised 22 official languages. Multilingualism is the way of life in India as people in…
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