Editorial

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's three-nation visit of Myanmar, Australia and Fiji serves an important message that India is ready to assert its interest in Far East. New Delhi should capitalise  on this opportunity and adopt a more assertive…
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The death of 13 women in sterilisation operation in Chhattisgarh has once again raised the question on the standards adopted by the medical fraternity to achieve their targets. In fact  India  is the only country where female sterilisation…
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 Vikas Kumar The exceptional performance of the BJP in the recently concluded assembly elections has further consolidated its position as the leading national party and will also boost its strength in the Rajya Sabha, where it is woefully…
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Isher Singh Jasrotia Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru - The First Prime Minister of India, the first Indian to enlighten the public about  the importance of education, Chairman of Planning Commission, the first Indian as  inventor of Panchsheel,…
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Ashok Malik In a world increasingly given to hyperbole, the adjective 'historic' is used and prefixed over-generously. It is necessary to separate the truly historic from what appears to be momentous but is only a passing fancy. Yet, by…
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The launching of Aadhar-based digital life certificate for pensioners is a significant measure to do away with  the annual ritual of submitting life certificate in November each year to ensure continuity of pension benefits. This will…
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Dhaar Mehak 'Kashmir has really a high rate of unemployment'. What actually we mean by unemployment is the number of people in the working population of a country/economy who are willing to work at the current wage rates but are not able…
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Sitaram Yechury The Prime Minister's 'Learning Process' from his recent United States visit included the emulation of US President Barack Obama's weekly radio addresses. He seems to have now regularised a monthly, Mann ki Baat, broadcast…
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Claude Arpi The Chinese are amazing. During his monthly press conference, Defence Ministry spokesman Yang Yujun questioned India's plan to build 54 border posts on its Arunachal frontier. He said: "We have taken notice of the reports.…
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Isher Singh Jasrotia We are talking of India as biggest democracy in the world having basic essential features in the Preamble of our Constitution - Social Justice, Liberty, Equality, Fraternity that are reflected in our Constitution. In…
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