Editorial

Abdul Hamid Mir Since its inception in 1973 the annual celebration of environment day on 5th June is observed in almost every corner of the world. The theme of the World Environment Day (WED) 2015 is : "Seven billion dreams, one planet;…
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Swapan Dasgupta  A curious but nonetheless interesting feature of the discourses on the first year of Narendra Modi's Government was the absence of foreign policy from the list of achievements or disappointments. True, there were the…
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India for the first time reacted against Pakistan announcing elections in Gilgit-Baltistan and sees it a move to legitimise its occupation over the territory. The Pakistan Government had announced last month that elections to the…
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi's proposed Israel and Pakistan visit once again will revive India's traditional relations with the two countries. But given Modi's out of box thinking to keep India on the global high one cannot rule out India…
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N Janardhan It was a summit to address disagreements and discontent between two longstanding partners - the US and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. The headlines ahead of the talks were anything but positive - Saudi snub,…
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Tsewang Rigzin   The confrontation between Lieutenant Governor and the AAP Chief Minister in Delhi is a reminiscence of the times of conflicts between Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) and J and K State Government which we…
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SHIV KUMAR PADHA It is for the first time in the history of Jammu and Kashmir that we are having BJP as the coalition partner in the State Government under the able and dynamic leadership of Dr. Nirmal Singh Dy. Chief Minister of the…
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State Government may be sincere in providing  better road connectivity to the people of the remotest village but  to make commuting safe  on these proposed roads what steps the authorities initiate is the question always raised after any…
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Union Government's move to introduce an exit exam for MBBS graduates would go a long way in weeding out deadwoods from the profession. The move comes in the wake of concerns over the falling standards of doctors being produced in the…
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 M. M Khajooria Earlier Jatinder Singh led a BJP deputation to Finance Minister Jaitley to plead for "an AIIMS for Jammu also". Every one was free to charter his own course in politics. Sadly, in this case the prevailing political culture…
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