Editorial

Insufficient redressal mechanism and insufficient efforts by the government to create awareness have made consumer protection movement a failure. Majority of the people don't know whom to approach and how to approach in case of violation of…
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Kanchan Gupta The politics of cynicism practised by those who have ruled - as opposed to governed - India for more than six decades has made us, the citizens of this caricature of a republic, cynics who instinctively doubt the best of…
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Jyoti Sharma The faculties of the great universities possess, in the aggregate, practically every form of general knowledge known to civilisation. Most of the professors have but little or nomomey. They specialise in teaching knowledge,…
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Amitabh Mattoo It is difficult not to be overwhelmed by the significance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Australia which begins on Saturday with the G20 Summit in Brisbane and then a three-city bilateral visit. It follows on…
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Once again the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) is in limelight. It appears that the State is left with no other issue to go to the people for the coming elections except raking up of emotive issues to divert the attention. National…
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The Goods and Services Tax (GST), India's biggest tax reform initiative could see a staggered implementation, starting with a nationwide unified tax system for goods from April 2016 and extended to services later. At present, each state…
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 Kunal Bose The Global Burden of Disease report - a collaborative venture of the World Health Organization, Harvard, John Hopkins university and other institutions - has pronounced that Asian cities have become the epicentre of life…
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Dr. P P Singh Regional Autonomy: National Conference always pleaded and advocated regional autonomy for inter regional relation in Jammu and Kashmir State. Sheikh Mohd. Abdullah who was heading the State even went to the extent of…
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Swapan Dasgupta In a lecture last month, historian Romila Thapar, in a direct reference to the India under Narendra Modi, regretted "the narrowing of the liberal space". Whether she was observant or needlessly paranoid is dependant on how…
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Swapan Dasgupta In a lecture last month, historian Romila Thapar, in a direct reference to the India under Narendra Modi, regretted "the narrowing of the liberal space". Whether she was observant or needlessly paranoid is dependant on how…
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