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Auditors are a serious lot, not so their reports
Kanchan Gupta
There was a time when the Government of India sanctioned the purchase of computers but the specific order did not clarify whether software could be bought along with the hardware, from the lowest bidder of course. Hence,…
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Some are more equal than others during trial
Joginder Singh
Speaking at a function organised as a part of the Bar Council of India's Golden Jubilee celebrations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, "If we focus on a policy-driven governance, if there is good governance, pendency of…
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Delayed OROP
With ex-servicemen planning to Gehrao Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the later assuring to look into the issue of One Rank One Pension (OROP) it seems to remain on conciliation stage for some more time even if government works on some…
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Will it work?
Shailendra Kumar
In the past few years, the issues of black money and illicit financial flows pouring into tax havens have occupied perhaps as much global political space as the issue of world economic crisis itself. As regards India, ever…
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To be or not to be ‘Piku’, time to pay back………!
Pratibha Lalotra
During one of her weekly Sunday calls she says, "Congratulations......it's a baby boy....thank God!"I dumbfound banged the phone as I was completely jolted away to see her excitement on birth of a baby boy. Had there…
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Afghan outlook
The recent media campaign within Pakistan blaming Indian agency RAW for blasts and killings and telling Afghanistan about alleged Indian hand in recent attacks, many of which though bear a clear mark of Talban, has shown that there is a…
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Northeast terror
The entire north region bore the brunt of Manipur ambush with six armymen from Jammu and Kashmir, seven from Himachal Pradesh and one from Pathankot getting killed. The current ambush would force Union Govt to rethink on withdrawal of Armed…
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Jai Kisan
Rohit Bansal
A Surya Prakash, the Chairman of Prasar Bharti. For the next 30 minutes, he spoke with great excitement about "DD Kisan," the new 24.7 channel the PM was launching later in the afternoon. Having grown up in the 70s, I teased…
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Long pending case of ‘One Rank One Pension’
Lt Col Krishan Chand
The case originated from the third Pay Commission recommending doing away with higher percentage of pension to service personnel and bringing them at par with civilian pensioners at 50 per cent of the last pay drawn…
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Stop selling poison in guise of eatables
Sunaina Malik
Instantaneously after taking birth, the foremost thing which a child requires, is his mother's milk. Milk of his mother gives a firm persistence to a child's life. Contrary to this, if that mother feeds slow poison to the…
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