Editorial

Countering natural calamities in advance is what the crisis management is all about but the unprecedented floods and landslides which hit Jammu and Kashmir in September speaks about government lethargy and its handling. The State disaster…
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Admiral Arun Prakash (Retd)    Many hubristic public figures who often proclaim, in the media, that "India is no banana republic", may be less strident, if they learnt the actual implications of such a label. It is not merely a term used…
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Swapan Dasgupta Compared to the somewhat muted reaction to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's inauguration of the 'Make In India' campaign at Vigyan Bhavan last Thursday, the media has definitely worked itself into a frenzy over his visit to…
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The thaw in India-Pakistan ties has not only affected the people on both sides of the border but has put a question mark on the fate of the much sought after cricketing ties.  Besides being the largest cash collector for International…
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India is proud for his son of the soil Kailash Satyarthi who is the proud fifth Nobel prize winner of the country. The prize was introduced by Nobel who died in 1896. Scholars suggest it was Nobel's way to compensate for developing…
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Ramakrishna Upadhya After four months of needless cold war, it was refreshing to see chief minister Siddaramaiah connecting with prime minister Narendra Modi during the latter's visit to Bangalore and Tumkur for a couple of important…
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Claude Arpi There are two ways to look at an event, especially a state visit by a foreign dignitary: It can be described as a resounding success, a game-changer, or it can be seen as a missed opportunity, a failure. President Xi Jinping's…
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Swapan Dasgupta Every government is periodically confronted with problems created by the swagger and reckless behaviour of its functionaries. However, when such events escalate into a full-blown crisis, it is often symptomatic of a larger…
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The hype given to Kashmir part of J and K State has created an impression in the world that the state as a whole comprises of Kashmir alone. However this vast state has three distinct regions of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh. These regions have…
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Call it irony or coincidence that at a time when India and Pakistan are at a stand-off situation on the borders the joint sharing of this year's Nobel Peace Prize by India's Kailash Satyarthi with Pakistani child rights activist Yousafzai…
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