Editorial

Balbir Punj  After being elected at the Communist Party of India (Marxist)'s 21st congress to replace the jaded leadership of Prakash Karat, Sitaram Yechury, -considered to be the 'good' communist, honed in the Left politics of Jawaharlal…
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Despite all the progress made in the agriculture field, the forecasting failure of Monsoon has the same impact when technologies were not there. Not much has changed in agriculture. Clearly the single most important input needed by…
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Sunaina Malik Female foeticide has been a issue of fiery dialogue for past many years. With the invention of sonographic instruments and their easy availability to every nook and corner, this silent terrorism has gained impetus. After…
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 Kalyani Shankar   For the Communist Party of India (Marxist), the election of Sitaram Yechury as the fifth General Secretary, has given way to a new order. Yechury has taken over at a time, when the party is struggling for survival. The…
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Claude Arpi  The State Council Information Office (China's Cabinet) recently released a White Paper, 'on the development path of Tibet'. It is not the first WP published by the Chinese Government on Tibet; in fact, it is the 13th since…
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Union Government has closed as many as 62 toll plazas on national highways and expressways after recovery of capital cost and considering public interest. The toll plazas, which were to be closed, were located in Andhra Pradesh, Bihar,…
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If  former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee gave  the scheme of building  Golden Quadrilateral to connect all the corners of the country with a net work of highways, the proposed government plan of  'Bharat Mala' will connect all…
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The Centre's move to amend the Prevention of Corrupt Act which is termed draconian by public servants to ease their functioning will only make things more easy for Babus. Despite having tough laws India ranks in top echelons of corrupt…
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N Janardhan The price of oil climbed around 15 per cent in April - touching a high of $65 a barrel on 16th April, before reducing to $61.5 on 22nd April, compared to $45 in January. Saudi Arabia's suspension of air strikes in Yemen this…
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R. B SURI By keeping Haseeb Drabu as the Finance Minister of J and K, Mufti Mohammed Sayeed Chief Minister J and K  has done a very good thing in accepting the Principle of Right job for right person and right person for the right job. He…
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