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South Sudan falling into an abyss
Makhan Saikia
South Sudan, apart from being the youngest member of the UN, is a vast country with prominent ethnic fault lines and largely marked by roadless countryside. Many thought that South Sudan rose as a country against the…
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Futile exercise
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh using SAARC platform spoke about terror perpetuated by Pakistan, support to militant organisations against India and sought justice for 26/11 victims and Pathankot. When has Pakistan conceded to India's…
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Carnival begins
Battling a brutal recession, double digit unemployment, fears about mosquito borne Zika virus, embarrassing infrastructure stumbles and apolitical crisis that led to the impeachment of the President Dolma Rousseff have all but extinguished…
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The trauma of a bureaucrat
J Gopikris
Former civil servant Pradip Baijal's recently published book, A Bureaucrat Fights Back: The Complete Story of Indian Reforms, is a classic example of how officials are hounded to score brownie points. Baijal, who worked as a top…
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Un-written pages of Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam
MAHADEEP SINGH JAMWAL
Although the social media is a powerful tool available in present era, but I doubt that very few of us are in a position to accrue benefits of this available tool. The Internet services keeps us connected with whole of…
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Putting an end to multiple taxes
Shivaji Sarkar
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill is projected to set a new dimension in taxes through a supposed uniform rate across the country, something any nation would want. Ideally speaking, it is all about treating all States…
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J&K’s case
The Rajya Sabha passing GST Bill is a big leap in the tax reforms country will see in future. This revolutionary reform if ratified by all the states can meet the April 2017 deadline to bring in a uniform tax structure which would help in…
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Rising Diabetes
The growing sedentary life whether it is in metros or small cities has given rising trend in diabetic cases and even villages too are experiencing the phenomenon. Another trend seen is large number of young women are too falling in the…
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Civility eroding in public life
J. S Rajput
It was a rare occasion when the entire Parliament of India stood in unison and condemned the use of derogatory language used against the BSP leader Mayawati by Dayashankar Singh, one of the now-sacked Vice-Presidents of the…
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Nawaz Sharief requires medicines not Kashmir rant
Dr. Kuldeep Singh
As and when Pak fails in own country's problems, anti-Kashmir rant starts. Heart surgery of Pak PM Nawaz Sharief coincided with two happenings. One, the killing of Burhan Wani followed by disturbances in Indian…
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