Editorial

No doubt Prime Minister Narendra Modi's China visit has generated an euphoria of better business relations and media giving wide coverage the reality is that when it comes to confidence building India does not matter to China but China…
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Prof. Fraz Ahmed Chauhan  The Government of Jammu and Kashmir has come up with a new recruitment policy as is known by one and all. The policy provides for: 1.Contractual appointment for a period of seven year. 2.Minimum wages…
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Hiranmay Karlekar  To many, the explosion of thunder and snuffle over the Salman Khan case is now old hat, given the ephemeral lifespan of news items. Yet aspects of it, particularly the reactions of a significant section of India's…
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Swapan Dasgupta  There is a rarefied view, quite prevalent among both the non-voting classes and the tribe of over-zealous activists associated with what has come to be called 'civil society', that holds Indian democracy in very low…
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The unseasonal rains in February-March have not brought any cheers on the face of farmers and in grain production India has seen a decline from the 2013 production level. There is decline of 5.5 per cent in the total crop output. All farm…
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Sunaina Malik Richard Temple a famous tourist who happened to travel over this track in 1859 writes that at a distance of one mile from Behram Gala there is small but attractive spot where on an ancient rock some verses in an unknown…
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Pratibha Lalotra Had I not been through it, I would have never ever actually realised the intensity of that one sentence "I have been to hell and back....!" by our country's heartthrob Deepika Padukone. During one of her appearances on…
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Ashok K Mehta  When the National Democratic Alliance Government came to power last year, its main advocacy was that it was a 'different' and more muscular government than the previous one, and would not be pushed around. In foreign policy,…
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As India intensifies efforts to engage with China its periphery country Mangolia has become more significant for New Delhi in its Asian strategy. Modi's Sunday visit to Mangolia would be the first  by any  Indian Prime Minister and would be…
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Arvind Kumar There have been instances reported where in the ESI Scheme whopping crores of rupees have also been spent on treatment of eligible family members of covered employees, at no extra contribution for that! And there are many…
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