Editorial

SAHIL KISHORE SHARMA The subject and the issue of women empowerment has always grabbed the headlines since decades and this issue has always been in limelight during any election campaign. When we celebrated International Women's Day on…
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Rajesh Singh  Mark Twain had observed that a patriot is a person "who can holler the loudest without knowing what he is hollering about". The same can be said of people who rant about freedom of expression and the value of dissent by…
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 Abhijit Iyer-Mitra As a ceasefire of sorts takes hold in Syria, Russia seems to be notching up zero sum victories, both in Syria and Ukraine. These victories may well shift our notion of what counts as 'victory' in this day and age, but…
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Prof. Saleem Ayaz Rather Earlier a candidate after attaining a minimum qualification used to apply on plain paper mentioning the bio data and after a few days selection letter was sent to the candidate by post. There was no interview at…
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It looks Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) coalition is intact and all the signals emanating may indicate an early settlement for the government formation in Jammu and Kashmir. But reality it appears is quite…
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Dr.Banarsi Lal and Dr.Shahid Ahamad Development may be defined as a function of economic, social, educational and cultural betterment of people. In India various programmes have been initiated for women betterment. Women share has been…
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Shivaji Sarkar At 7.6 per cent, India has the world's fastest growth rate, which is boosted by government spending, says the Economic Survey 2015-16. The document is essentially a blatant admission of the fact that 'Manmohanomics' could…
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Vinayshil Gautam   The UAE's Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan was on a state visit to India recently. India and the UAE are not new friends on the block. When I was in Kozhikode, I noticed that Dubai occurred more frequently in…
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R. K Sinha, MP In the land of Shravan Kumar, Kanhaiya Kumar has become a hero. After he was released from jail, all television channels beamed live his speech at Jawaharlal Nehru University. He spoke again on freedom from corruption and…
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The 33 per cent  reservation for women in Parliament has been a demand which has remained on air  for over three decades. Before the Bill on 33 per cent reservation of seats for women in the Lok Sabha was introduced in December 1998, it had…
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