Editorial

Rajesh Singh There should not be any doubt that the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment Bill, 2015, reflected the sense of both Parliament and the country. As usual, it took Parliament a big public outcry (this…
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The recent exposes of several ISI-linked spy rings have brought to light that Pakistan's infamous intelligence agency is floating fake ex-servicemen organisations to lure former forces personnel to ferret "authentic" information about…
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The Union Government is set to roll out the 'free diagnostics' scheme in the New Year. The Health Ministry has written to all states asking them to start providing a basket of essential services for free to patients visiting public…
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Uttam Gupta In a brazen display of 'might is right' in the just concluded World Trade Organisation's (WTO) 10th ministerial meeting at Nairobi, Kenya between 15th-19th December, the developed countries led by the US and the EU literally…
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi attacking Congress and asking the party to take a New Year resolution to allow Parliament to function after a series of stalling exercises for the sake of development is perhaps a stunning example of BJP's…
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Given Afghanistan's history of conflicts and the looming threat of Islamic State terrorists it provides futile ground for the new extremist groups for spreading its wings. In this context the attack on Afghanistan Parliament leaving over a…
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Despite State Govt imposing a blanket ban on sand mining from some of the river beds the operation goes on unchecked by the mafias and law enforcing agencies. This is much prevalent in the interior regions where vigil is literally…
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Joginder Singh  It is understandable when one party, after having lost power, says that it will always be the ruling force, to hide its frustration. The losing party does so by constantly blaming the new ruling party, no matter the fact…
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Hiranmay Karlekar  Now that India is once again in the part of the year when the Kargil War was fought in 1999, it may be instructive to analyse what accounted for victory in it and humiliating defeat at China's hands in 1962. Both were…
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 Sunaina Malik In today's ambiance of commotion, fretfulness, dejection, trauma, thrust, covetousness and frustration, religious thoughts, religious places and religious books are the things, which grant us solace, consolation, calmness,…
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