Editorial

 Pandurang Hegde Since 1972 World Environment Day is celebrated over the world to raise awareness about forests and wider issues of environmental protection. The theme of this year's World Environment Day is 'Connecting People to Nature'.…
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced the initiative to electrify 18,452 villages in 1,000 days - by May 2018. Recently Power Minister Piyush Goyal too had said the government would meet its target of electrifying 18,452 villages by…
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With the Army planning to induct women in combat roles, the move has drawn support from several quarters and most of them have opined that the process has to be "gradual". In modern army, strength is not the only factor that counts. The…
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Baisali Mohanty While China's illustrious, grand-strategy 'Belt and Road' project seizes the global limelight, India finds itself embroiled in a tough competition with China in neighbouring Sri Lanka. Both states have poured, albeit…
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Ashok K Mehta The last two weeks, I was fortunate to be in Nepal - Kathmandu, Pokhara and the villages around Pokhara - during the counting of local body elections held after 20 years and the process of transfer of power in Kathmandu. By…
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 Prakash Chawla India's macro picture drawn on the canvas of leading economic indicators, including those affecting day-to-day life of a common household, looks far brighter and importantly more focussed than it was three years back when…
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The Last year's Union Budget proposal to make regional defunct small airports operative was a welcome step to boost tourism especially the high income and middle income tourists who would like to have short stint along with promoting…
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A year ago emphasising over development assistance to needy countries India pitched for deeper South-South cooperation including in Africa. Advocating for better donor-recipient relationship, seen as a subtle dig at China, India said it…
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 K V Venkatasubramanian Safe water, adequate sanitation and personal hygiene are indispensable for human health and progress. Lack of these can seriously impact psychological and social development of communities. The worst sufferers are…
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Dr. Banarsi Lal & Dr. P Sharma Pulses and oilseeds have emerged as the biggest challenge for successive governments in inflation management and forking out billions of dollars on imports. These two commodities disturb the kitchen budget…
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