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UP deaths
Over sixty children dying in a government-run hospital in Gorakhpur over a 48-hour period, allegedly after a private firm contracted to supply liquid oxygen to the hospital failed to honour the contract talks of callousness of the official…
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Searching for space
After having office for two tenures spanning ten years the former Vice President's parting short was a bit apart from the public standing. It looks as if soon after stepping down from the prestigious constitutional post, Ansari seems to…
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Standing firm on food subsidies
Uttam Gupta
In a joint paper submitted to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) committee on agriculture on July 17, India and China lambasted the developed countries, including the United States, the European Union and Canada for…
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Disaster management for sustainable development
Dr. Banarsi Lal & Dr. P Sharma
Natural or man-made disasters have been part of man's evolution since times immemorial. Various living creatures like the dinosaur, the Siberian tiger etc. are supposed to have vanished from the Earth…
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Standoff on the border
Sushma Ramachandran
Tensions between the two Asian giants have sent ripples all over the world. The standoff between India and China at Bhutan's border has been accompanied by a frenzied global diplomatic campaign by both countries to…
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Changing trends
The hot pursuit followed by security forces has brought positive dividends in Jammu and Kashmir as far as counter insurgency operations are concerned. The targeted approach has brought a shift in public response which was visible in Tral…
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Accident prone
A good population of outdated vehicles, poor awareness and lack of road sense among the drivers has been a bane in Jammu and Kashmir for passengers and other road users. Poor road quality with low toll tax collection except for few points…
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Sharif’s ouster; democracy and CPEC weakened
Sandhya Jain
Bowing to the military supremacy in Islamabad, Pakistan's Supreme Court on July 28 disqualified Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from holding public office for life after an exposé of Panama law firm Mossack Fonseca's financial…
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A window of opportunity in Kashmir
M. M Khajooria
The elimination of Abu Dujana, the dreaded Lashkar-i-Toiba commander of South Kashmir since 2015 after a seven hour long encounter in Hakir Pura, Pulwama comes at a crucial time when various terrorist commanders of the…
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Worst power
Despite all the promises made to the people ahead of Parliamentary and Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir to provide uninterrupted power supply it remains a chimera till today. Since the early 2000s and after years of intense…
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