Editorial

Emphasising over development assistance to needy countries India pitched for deeper South-South cooperation including in Africa. Advocating for better donor-recipient relationship, seen as a subtle dig at China, India said it does not…
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 Mahadeep Singh Jamwal The National Anthems are inspiration to the people of a country irrespective of religion they belong. It is one symbol/aspect of indoctrinating a nationalist attitude. It is symbol of nation's pride. It's our own…
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Claude Arpi The Chinese leadership is clever; much more than its Indian counterpart, at least as far as the defence budget is concerned. Let me explain. In China, large chunks of the expenditures for the border infrastructure development…
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Shivaji Sarkar India needs to break the self-imposed restriction on fiscal deficit. It needs to increase public spending, unleash domestic demand, strengthen rural and farm economy, keep a leash on banks' functioning and recover bad loans…
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At a time when New Delhi and Washington are a bit distanced, the US assertion to join hands with India to work against terrorism especially Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e Mohammad (JeM)  is no doubt, a bit surprising but a…
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Bridging the caste discrimination and bringing in equality in the society alongwith affordable education and healthcare are some of the lofty targets set by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) at its three-day Nagpur summit which began on…
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Uttam Gupta About a fortnight ago, the Income Tax (I-T) Department sent a reminder notice to the UK-based Vodafone Group Plc to pay Rs 14,300 crore in tax dues and threatened to seize the assets in case of non-payment. Foreign investors…
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ARIF QURESHI Jammu and Kashmir is a veritable heaven of spiritualism for millions of believers who proceed on pilgrimage to the numerous shrines and holy sites in which the State abounds. There is hardly any town or city which does not…
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Dr. Kuldeep Singh Yes, as a citizen of this nation like all others, I am also perturbed over the incident of 9th February, 2016 at Jawahar Lal Nehru University where anti-nation slogans were raised. Over this issue three student leaders…
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With government formation hanging in fire in Jammu and Kashmir the much publicised decision giving uninterrupted power supply to people is likely to remain a dream unfulfilled. The late Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed had envisaged the…
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