Editorial

Ashok K Mehta Of the 800 on death row in Pakistan, 300 are convicted on charges of terrorism. So far, six have been hanged. 17 others plus six sentenced by a Military Court are to be executed shortly. The Army Chief, General Raheel…
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By setting a target of over five per cent to vaccinate children every year the Union Health Ministry  is targeting  to cover all children who are either unvaccinated or are partially vaccinated against seven vaccine preventable diseases…
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The Swachh Bharat Abhiyan got a boost with Union Government giving a free hand to states and municipalities in implementation of the scheme in right earnest which is a major shift in the policy. No doubt by giving  a free hand  all the…
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Ashok Malik Tantalisingly hung, the newly-elected Jammu and Kashmir Assembly will be lucky to last its entire term of six years. In a sense, this is unfortunate because the State - India's most troubled and volatile - is poised for a new…
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P. K MAM More than 25 years have passed away since KPs mass exodus in 1990 for reasons of failure of Govt. due to catastrophic conditions was created by inimical forces to their lives, security, and honour. As a corollary, KPs got…
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Pakistan announcing to set up Military Courts to expedite terror trials as part of an ambitious anti-terrorism plan following the deadly Taliban school attack that Killed 160 people in Peshawar, comes after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif …
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M. M Khajooria The Army Public Schools, for obvious reasons merited adequate security cover. Plans of action should have been put in place to deal with terror attacks. Was there any such plan devised and  school children  rehearsed  in…
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Prof Mohd Junaid Jazib The contemporary era is characterized by the high degree of general awareness among the citizens. The ever expanding knowledge in any domain of sciences, no more remains an entity restricted to the few elites. Be it…
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Valmik Thapar After working for 40 years on issues concerning forests and wildlife right from the district to the state to the capital of India and with 20 years of association with the central and state governments, I am convinced that…
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If the second session of United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government  saw a policy paralysis with Parliament work suffering, the first winter session of National Democratic Alliance (NDA) too saw an unproductive term with the promulgation…
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