Editorial

Kushan Mitra  Other developing nations have challenged India's leadership role in climate negotiations, where India and China were ostensibly negotiating together. But the fact remains that China has already achieved industrial prowess far…
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Terror activities in India have increased by 70 per cent during 2012-2013 with the number of deaths rising from 238 to 404, most of which were caused by Naxals, according to the report Global Terrorism Index 2014, prepared by Institute for…
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M. M Khajooria Liberal democracies are inherently handicapped in engaging and combating extremism especially of the communist and Islamist varieties. Infected by complacency and accustomed to playing by the rule book, they are unable to …
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G Parthasarathy A recent report issued by the Pentagon has, for the first time, alluded to "sanctuaries" in Pakistan for harbouring terrorists on its borders with both Afghanistan and India. This is not the first time that the Pentagon has…
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Human Resources Development Ministry's  mid-session decision to remove German as the third language from Kendriya Vidayala  is  expected to affect about over 70,000 students across 500 KVs from Classes 6 to 8.  Buoyed by the decision,…
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The widening gender inequality and poor sex ratio paints a grim picture of how a girl child faces widespread discrimination. A recent study by an NGO looks at how girls have faced crisis in health care, nutrition, water and sanitation,…
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 Dr. Raj Shree Dhar The universe is uncreated, as the time itself is, without beginning and end, but it is based on the principles. Twenty billion years ago, something happened- the Big Bang, the event that began our universe. Why it…
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Isher Singh Jasrotia Assembly elections for J and K Assembly were held in the year 2008 for six years time. A few months back in the month of April, the Lok Sabha Elections 2014 were held which was considered as the crucial period in the…
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B S Prakash The conflict in Ukraine has deepened the distrust between Russia and the west and irrespective of the denouement, increases the challenges to NATO. Terror body Islamic State and the continuing disorder in West Asia will affect…
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As Assembly elections near the pitch for and against abrogation of Article 370 by BJP and other political parties like National Conference, Congress and Peoples Democratic Party gets more confused. It was Prime Minister Narendra Modi who…
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