Editorial

Mayuri Mukherjee  India's relationship with the African continent may be a centuries-old civilisational compact but as Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks to reinvigorate that relationship in all its nuances and across the full spectrum of…
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Mahadeep Singh Jamwal The recent decision of the Jammu and Kashmir government to accord amnesty to the persons involved in stone pelting in the Kashmir Valley on security forces is a decision required to be put for scanning on 'intelligent…
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Ashok K Mehta  We have to thank the British for locating cantonments in the hills across India to escape the blazing heat of the plains and increase longevity and productivity of the troops. Last week, the maxim was ably demonstrated by…
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India blaming Pakistan for the current turmoil in Kashmir is nothing new. Since the outbreak of  militancy over two decades back India has been hammering the same point and the response has been negative from across the border.…
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Though the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague has ruled against China in a bitter row over territorial claims to the South China Sea (SCS) that is likely to ratchet up regional tensions and India will be watching the ruling…
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Vikas Kumar Many commentators have found fault with the government's decision to apply for membership. Some of them have claimed that the decision betrays a lack of understanding of our interests. They have unconvincingly argued that the…
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       Y. R Gupta The government that claims to be secular and nationalist is observing the Black Day of 13th July as a Martyrs Day every year thus pouring salt on the wounds of the Hindu community which suffered untold atrocities at the…
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Shivaji Sarkar  The Rs 80,000 crore pay hike bonanza to government employees will benefit about one crore employees and pensioners. However, it does not end here as the States too have approximately the same number of staff. Consequently,…
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This is another summer of unrest in Kashmir which has kept the  Valley boiling for the third day. Unlike the summer of 2010 when the separatists 'Azadi' agenda moved forward with 'Go India Go' and 'Quit Kashmir' slogans given by Syed Ali…
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Made as one of the main economic agenda during the 2014 Parliamentary elections the BJP-led Union Government today has come out with a statement that there is 'sizeable dip' in black money stashed abroad. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was…
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